Overview

• Bhupinder Singh Hooda on July 25 condemned a recent surge of violent attacks, saying no resident in Haryana feels safe under the current BJP administration.
• This week’s high-profile cases include the stabbing death of a BJP leader’s son in Jind and the dismemberment of a woman in Rohtak, triggering public outrage over security lapses.
• National Crime Records Bureau data for 2022 report 1,020 murders and 1,786 rapes in Haryana, averaging three homicides and up to five sexual assaults per day.
• The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council’s Social Progress Index ranks Haryana as the most unsafe state, marking a sharp reversal from stronger law-and-order under the previous Congress government.
• Contractors have refused to bid for 300 liquor vends across 12 districts, citing threats by criminal elements and highlighting the economic fallout of unchecked violence.