State vs unidentified assailants — hacking death of history-sheeter Raja alias Halmuk Raja

In an international crackdown named 'Operation Hard Ball', law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada and Europe arrested 24 persons connected to India-based transnational organised crime syndicates. The operation, led by the FBI, targeted criminal networks allegedly involved in murder, extortion, drug trafficking, firearms offences and organised crime activities spanning multiple countries. An SHO (Station House Officer) from Punjab is among those the FBI seeks to extradite as part of the investigation.

On December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was gang-raped, brutally assaulted, and murdered in a moving bus in south Delhi. Six people were accused of the crime; one was a juvenile. Four adult convicts were sentenced to death and executed in March 2020 at Tihar jail. The case led to significant reforms in sexual assault laws in India.

A 24-year-old man, Lovepreet Singh, was allegedly doused with petrol and set on fire by his brother-in-law at Sangha village in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, while attempting to bring his wife home following a domestic dispute. The incident was captured on camera. The victim succumbed to his injuries.