Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- Two tragic incidents have rocked Haryana in a week, sending the state administration in tizzy and putting sharp social divisions under a spotlight.

The turmoil over the death of Y Puran Kumar, a Dalit IPS officer, who took his life on October 7 alleging caste-based discrimination, was still rankling when a week later on October 14, a Rohtak police personnel, Sandeep Lathar who comes from the Jat community ended his life levelling grave allegations of corruption against Puran Kumar and his IAS wife. Before Puran Kumar took his life, he was shifted out of Rohtak Police Range on September 29 having served as inspector general for five months.

The two tragedies which have the potential to develop into a full-blown cri...