Haryana IPS officer's 'suicide': Family gives consent, autopsy to be conducted soon, say police

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : He asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Haryana government to take immediate action and arrest the officials responsible.
46% : However, a post-mortem could not be conducted as his family refused to give consent until action is taken against the Haryana officers who have been named in a 'final note' of the deceased Dalit senior officer.
44% : Amid opposition's attack and demand from Kumar's family for action against officers accused of harassing him, the Haryana government on Tuesday sent DGP Shatrujeet Kapur on leave, and given the additional charge of Haryana DGP to O P Singh, a 1992-batch IPS officer.
40% : Many opposition leaders had been demanding action in Puran Kumar's alleged suicide case.
38% : Members of several Dalit outfits and some opposition parties have staged protests at different places in Haryana, demanding strict action against the accused in the case.
37% : An eight-page 'final note' purportedly left behind by Kumar accused eight senior IPS officers -- including Haryana DGP Kapur and now-transferred Rohtak SP Bijarniya -- of "blatant caste-based discrimination, targeted mental harassment, public humiliation and atrocities".

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