New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the BJP over the alleged suicide of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, saying that violence against Dalits across the country is terrifying.

'The entire country is shocked by the suicide of Haryana's IPS officer Y. Pooran Kumar ji, who was troubled by caste-based harassment. The ongoing chain of injustice, atrocities, and violence against Dalits across the country is terrifying,' the Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad said in a post on X.

She linked the IPS officer's death to other recent incidents, including the murder of Hariom Valmiki in Raebareli.

'First, the murder of Hariom Valmiki ji in Raebareli, then the insult to the Chief Justice, and now the suicide of a senior officer--this proves that BJP rule has become a curse for Dalits. Whether it is an ordinary citizen or someone in a high position, if they belong to the Dalit community, injustice and inhumanity do not leave them alone. If this is the condition of Dalits in high positions, just imagine the circumstances in which the common Dalit society must be living.'

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Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal said that caste-based harassment drove the officer to take his own life. He also demanded strict punishment for the guilty.

In a post on X, Kerjiwal said, 'Dalit IPS officer from Haryana, Puran Kumar ji, faced so much harassment due to his caste that he took his own life.'

He added that 'the guilty must be given the harshest punishment as soon as possible.'

Kejriwal also condemned the recent incident of a shoe-hurling attempt at the Chief Justice of India, BR Gavai. 'When a shoe was thrown at the Chief Justice of the country, their trolls on social media are insulting Dalits, even abusing Baba Saheb Ambedkar. Where have these people brought India today?' he said.

Earlier, the Chandigarh Police filed an FIR against Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and Rohtak Superintendent of Police (SP) Narendra Bijarniya following a complaint by IAS officer Amneet Puran Kumar, wife of the late IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar, who was found dead at his Chandigarh residence on October 7.

The FIR, filed at Police Station Sector 11 under Sections 108 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, cites abetment to suicide and caste-based harassment. (ANI)