Eight days after he allegedly shot himself dead, the cremation of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar took place here on Wednesday following his autopsy at the PGIMER with his wife expressing hope for an impartial probe into the matter so that “justice is served at the earliest”.

Emotional scenes were witnessed at the Sector 25 Cremation Ground with several mourners raising slogans in favour of Puran Kumar. His wife and senior Haryana bureaucrat Amneet P Kumar, two daughters, and brother-in-law and Punjab AAP MLA Amit Rattan paid their final respects before the last rites were performed. Puran Kumar’s two daughters lit the funeral pyre.

A guard of honour was presented by a police contingent.

After resisting for several days, the deceased officer’s family finally gave consent for a pos

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