The loss of Y. Puran Kumar, a Dalit IPS officer from Haryana, lays bare the cruelty of institutional casteism within our systems of power. This incident is yet another reminder that even in spaces meant to liberate тАФ education, bureaucracy & the police, caste humiliation persists.
This systemic injustices forces officers to conceal their identity, to perform twice as hard just to be treated as equal.
Seventy-five years after the Constitution its spirit stands betrayed. This moment urges for a dedicated law to punish institutional casteism.
We stand with his family in grief and solidarity! #JusticeForPuranKumarIPS
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