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"मुझे अब तुम से डर लगने लगा है": In Haryana's Faridabad, primary teacher Sandhya Karhana was brutally stabbed to death inside a Sikrona school by her relentless stalker Amit, exposing grave systemic failures despite her prior police complaint

In the quiet agrarian corridors of eastern Faridabad, where traditional village life increasingly collides with rapid peri-urban sprawl, a tragedy unfolded inside the courtyard of a private school that exposes the lethal fault lines of gendered violence, flawed community arbitration, and institutional oversights. On the morning of August 3, 2026, Sandhya Karhana, a 30-year-old mother of two and a dedicated primary school teacher, was brutally stabbed to death inside Saraswati Senior Secondary School in Sikrona village.

Punjab’s political landscape faces high tension as the demand to free Bandi Singhs, including Balwant Singh Rajoana and Jagtar Singh Hawara, sparks fiercely contested battles across parties and courts

On July 13, 2026, demonstrators affiliated with the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha organized a march toward the home of Kewal Singh Dhillon, the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab, located in Barnala. The primary objective of the group was to push for the release of various Sikh detainees, often referred to within political and religious circles as the ‘Bandi Singhs’.