Chandigarh, October 25
The General Secretary of All India Congress Committee, former Union Minister, and Member of Parliament from Sirsa, Kumari Selja has said that while the BJP government in the state talks about Vikas Raj, in reality, Haryana is witnessing “Jungle Raj. Officials are not listening to the government, and government officials are not listening to the public. Criminals have no fear of the police uniform, and incidents such as murder, loot, robbery, kidnapping, and rape are taking place openly across the state. Kumari Selja said the root cause behind most crimes is the flourishing drug trade, which continues unchecked. People are dying daily due to drug abuse, and in Sirsa, drug traffickers are destroying the lives of young people.
In a statement released to the media, MP Kumari Selja said that the government in Haryana is not functioning; it is asleep. As per the Social Progress Index (SPI) report of the Central Government, Haryana is listed among the most unsafe states in India. Crime in the state is increasing rapidly, and criminals act fearlessly. Kumari Selja accused the state government of neglecting crime control, saying that there is no longer any control of the government over the police, allowing criminals to act with impunity. Whenever the public raises its voice, the Chief Minister, ministers, and MLAs claim that crime is under control and that anyone breaking the law will not be spared. However, the ground reality is the opposite murders, loots, robberies, kidnappings, and rapes are happening openly every day. Kumari Selja cited a recent shocking incident in Kharkhoda (Sonipat), where a father and son were shot dead in broad daylight with twelve bullets, while the police were seen doing nothing more than their usual post-incident formalities. Kumari Selja said that a large number of people are going missing across the state a very alarming trend. Between January and March this year alone, 4,100 people went missing in Haryana, and over 1,000 people were kidnapped. Cases of murder and culpable homicide have shown a startling increase compared to previous years. These figures, she said, are clear evidence of the total collapse of the public safety system under the BJP government.
Kumari Selja said that these are only the cases officially registered in police stations; a large number of cases never even reach the police or get recorded. Referring to last year’s Social Progress Index report, Selja pointed out that the Central Government itself ranked Haryana as the most unsafe state in the country. According to NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) data, Haryana ranks number one in crimes against women and children, including rape, kidnapping, and robbery. Kumari Selja said that the data reveals that three to four murders occur in the state every day, four to five women are raped daily, around a dozen kidnappings, and nearly 100 cases of theft, loot, robbery, and extortion take place every single day. Kumari Selja said that districts such as Gurugram, Faridabad, Hisar, Karnal, Sonipat, Rohtak, and Panipat have emerged as high-crime zones, with a significant rise in criminal cases being recorded.
