Chandigarh, Oct. 15 -- Senior Haryana IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar was cremated on Wednesday, nine days after his death by suicide.
The funeral procession began from his residence in Sector 24 at around 3 p.m. and reached the Sector 25 cremation ground an hour later.
A police contingent offered a ceremonial salute, and a large number of officers, government representatives, and family members paid their final respects. The late officer's daughters lit the funeral pyre in the presence of relatives and senior officials.
Among those present were his wife, IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, Cabinet Ministers Krishan Lal Panwar and Shyam Singh Rana, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sumita Mishra, Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi, and newly appointed D...