Explainer: Love is the reason for 10 murders out of 100! From Raja Raghuvanshi to Saurabh Rajput, why is this love becoming deadly?

Ketan Agarwal Murder Case: ‘Love is crazy, it is fun…’ This dark side of love, which looks very beautiful in cinema and songs, is shocking. Statistics are testifying that love and illicit relations have become the third biggest reason for murder in the country. According to the report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), every 10th case (about 10%) of the total murder cases in India is related to love affairs or illicit relations.

If we scan the headlines of newspapers and news channels, many such hair-raising cases come to light, where someone, blinded by love, took the life of his fiancee, and someone pushed his partner out of the way. Earlier, the incidents of Indore, Meerut and Pune have once again proved love and affection to be responsible for death.

Horrible incidents from Pune to Indore

In the month of April, a 27-year-old youth had killed his own fiancee and her mother in Virar, Mumbai, because the mother had refused the marriage. Before that, in the month of February, a shocking incident came from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, where a 22 year old girl killed her 25 year old boyfriend by stabbing him with a knife. The only reason was that the boy had blocked her on Instagram.

The latest case has come to light from Pune, where Siya Goyal A girl named (Siya Goyal) has been accused of murdering her fiance Ketan Aggarwal. According to police investigation, Siya along with her boyfriend Chetan carried out this incident and tried to make it look like an accident. The police have taken both of them into custody.

Saurabh Rajput murder case of Meerut

Similarly, in March 2025, Meerut Saurabh Rajput Was brutally murdered. Saurabh’s wife Muskaan, along with her boyfriend, killed him and to hide the body, filled a blue drum with concrete and made a shroud. This bloody madness of love is not limited only to partners, but even families are falling prey to it. On June 23, the news from Bengaluru shocked everyone, where a girl along with her boyfriend killed her own parents and younger sister.

Shocking revelation in NCRB report

It is clear from the data of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) that after mutual rivalry and money disputes in the country, love is the third biggest reason for murder.

(Source- NCRB)

Between 2010 and 2014, the graph of love affairs remained between 7 to 8 percent of the total murders in the country. But the surprising thing is that between 2016 and 2024 (when the total number of murders in the country has seen a decline), the number of murders related to love affairs has increased to 10 to 11%.

When does love become deadly?

The question arises that how does the feeling that connects two hearts become bent on taking someone’s life? In the year 2021, Professor Wen Qi Chen of the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) conducted an important study, named ‘Analysis of the Psychological Factors of Love Murder Cases’.

4 main reasons for murder in love

1. brake up: When the relationship breaks.
2. Third person: When someone else comes into the life of two people.
3. Infidelity: When you are cheated by your partner.
4. Rejection: When the other person rejects a love or marriage proposal.

Love becomes deadly in these 3 circumstances

first position: When a third person enters one’s life, that third person becomes an ‘enemy’ in the eyes of the partner. It becomes.
Second situation: When one of the partners is not ready to accept the breakup, he considers his old partner or his new partner as his biggest enemy.
Third situation: When a partner cheats, the person who wants to save the relationship starts plotting to get the third person (who is being cheated with) out of the way.

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In simple language, we can understand it like this – When there is doubt, infidelity, rejection or entry of a third person in the beautiful relationship of two people, then some weak or crazy minded people choose the path of crime, due to which the happy families are ruined forever.