Overview
- Vikas Sharma, 30, son of a local BJP leader and operator of Anuj Multispecialty Hospital, was fatally stabbed on Rampura Road late Thursday night.
- Authorities have registered a murder case against fellow hospital owner Anil Sharma, his brother-in-law Happy, and seven unidentified assailants based on preliminary inquiries.
- Police have dispatched three special teams across Jind district to follow leads and meet the family’s ultimatum for arrests within 24 hours.
- The victim’s relatives continue to withhold Sharma’s body in protest and warn of roadblocks if culprits are not apprehended promptly.
- Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala and former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda have seized on the killing to denounce the state’s deteriorating security as Jind records its 12th murder this month.