Haryana Police Crisis Deepens: ASI Krishna Yadav's Suicide Marks Third in 10 Days

Ambala (The Uttam Hindu) : Haryana Police is once again in mourning. ASI Krishna Yadav (40), posted in Rewari district, committed suicide by hanging himself in his village, Jainabad, due to domestic discord. Following the incident, police and forensic teams arrived at the scene and recovered a suicide note. In the note, Krishna Yadav blamed his wife and in-laws for his death.
Third case in 10 days
This is the third suicide case in Haryana Police within just 10 days.
– On October 7, IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar committed suicide by shooting himself in Chandigarh.
– On October 14, ASI Sandeep Lathar of Rohtak Cyber Cell shot himself in a room built in his maternal uncle's farm and now on October 17, ASI Krishna Yadav committed suicide by hanging himself. These continuous incidents have raised serious questions on the functioning and stress management of Haryana Police Department.
According to Dahina outpost in-charge Rajneesh Kumar, the suicide note found near the deceased is extremely important. In it, Krishna wrote that his wife was constantly harassing him mentally by filing false police complaints. In the note, he blamed his wife, father-in-law, and brother-in-law for his death. Based on this, a case has been registered against four people based on the complaint filed by his father, Nardev Yadav. No arrests have been made yet.
Krishna Yadav, who had served for 15 years and was the father of two children, joined the police department in 2004 as a constable, and his first posting was in Narnaul. He was the father of two children and had taken a few days off to visit his ancestral village. He ended his life by hanging himself at home on Thursday morning.