India, Oct. 10 -- Chandigarh Police chief Sagar Preet Hooda on Friday constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged suicide by senior Haryana Police officer Y Puran Kumar on October 7.

The move comes after the Chandigarh Police registered an FIR on Thursday evening with charges of abetment to suicide and provisions of the SC/ST Act based on a "final note" by the 2001-batch IPS officer, who named Haryana director general of police (DGP) Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya among 11 serving and retired officials for allegedly harassing and maligning him.

On Friday morning, Puran Kumar's wife Amneet P Kumar, who is also a senior Haryana IAS officer, wrote to the Chandigarh senior superintendent of p...