Chandigarh, Oct. 18 -- A local court on Friday allowed the Chandigarh Police's plea, seeking the handing over of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar's laptop to the special investigation team (SIT) probing his suicide.

Kumar had shot himself at his residence in Sector 11, Chandigarh, earlier this month.

Police had sought directions from court to the IPS officer's wife, Amneet P Kumar, who is a senior IAS officer, asking her to handover the laptop - an Apple Mac Book Pro -used by Kumar to type his "final note".

The court allowed the police plea on the condition that the data will not be erased and a proper back-up of the laptop will be taken before seizing it. The court also directed the police to prepare a seizure memo.

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