India, Oct. 14 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met the family of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, days after the official allegedly shot himself at his Haryana residence. The case had sparked huge outrage, spotlighting caste bias in bureaucracy and the police.

Gandhi met the IPS officer's family in Chandigarh, following which he sought action in the case, urging Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "act now".

He said the incident sent a "wrong message to Dalits that no matter how successful you are, if you are Dalit, you can be crushed". He also said that the incident was not just about the respect of the IPS officer's family, but of all Dalits.

He alleged that Saini didn't fulfill his commi...