India, Oct. 12 -- The Haryana government on Saturday transferred a senior police officer, while the Chandigarh Police invoked stringent provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in connection with the alleged suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, amid mounting pressure from the deceased's family and opposition parties.

In his first public comments on the case, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said the guilty would be punished "irrespective of their official posts," as he assured Kumar's family of justice.

As per an official order, the state government transferred Rohtak Superintendent of Police (SP) Narendra Bijarniya, one of 14 current and former senior officials named by Kumar.

Kumar (52), a 2001-batch IPS officer, was f...