The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged suicide of IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar, terming the plea as lacking merit and not in line with the 2010 PIL Rules.

The matter came up for hearing on Wednesday, at which the Chandigarh Police informed the court that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) had already been constituted on October 10 to investigate the case.

Senior Advocate Amit Jhanji, representing the UT Chandigarh Administration, told the bench that the petitioner, a Ludhiana resident, had filed the plea after reading about the officer’s death in newspapers, calling it “a publicity stunt.” He added that an FIR in the matter had already been registered on October 9.

The petiti

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