Chandigarh, Oct. 12 -- The Haryana government on Saturday transferred Rohtak superintendent of police (SP) Narendra Bijarniya, while the Chandigarh Police invoked stringent provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in connection with the alleged suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, amid mounting pressure from the deceased's family and opposition parties.

According to an official order, the new posting orders for Bijarniya, one of 14 current and former senior officials named by Kumar, will be issued separately. He has been replaced by senior IPS officer Surinder Singh Bhoria.

Kumar (52), a 2001-batch IPS officer, was found dead with a gunshot wound at his Chandigarh residence on October 7. In a "final note", the Haryana Ins...