Chandigarh/Rohtak, Oct. 31 -- Believed to be the proximate trigger behind the suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, the first information report (FIR) registered by Rohtak police on October 6 against Sushil Kumar, a cop deployed with the IPS officer, has left some key questions unanswered over procedural aspects of the case.

The FIR registered at Rohtak's Urban Estate police station at 3.59 pm on October 6 names Sushil Kumar, an exemptee assistant sub inspector (EASI), deployed with former Rohtak Range inspector general of police (IGP) Y Puran Kumar, as an accused for demanding a bribe of Rs.2.5 lakh allegedly on behalf of the IPS officer.

Less than 24 hours later, Puran Kumar was found dead at his Sector 11 residence in Chandigarh from...