New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Senior Haryana police officer, IPS Y Puran Kumar, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Chandigarh Sector 11 residence on Tuesday.

Kumar, an IPS from the 2000 batch, was the Assistant Director General of Haryana Police.

A number of senior officials reached the spot, along with a forensics team.

Kanwardeep Kaur, Chandigarh SSP, told reporters, "We got information of a shooting at around 1:30 PM at Sector 11 Police Station. When we reached here, we found that a reported suicide had taken place. The body of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar was found at his residence. The CFSL team has reached the spot, and an investigation is underway. More details will be known after the post-mortem..."

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