Faridabad Teacher Stabbed to Death at School; ED Raids City in GST Fraud Case

Faridabad has been shaken by two significant law enforcement stories in the same week: the brutal murder of a schoolteacher by a man she had reported for harassment, and the Enforcement Directorate's raids on multiple city premises as part of a cross-state goods and services tax fraud investigation.

Teacher Sandhya Stabbed to Death at Faridabad School by Stalker She Had Complained Against

A 30-year-old schoolteacher named Sandhya was stabbed to death on the premises of Saraswati Senior Secondary School in Sikrona village, Faridabad, in a brutal attack captured on CCTV. She had arrived at the school around 9:30 in the morning, and within minutes a masked man dragged her from her classroom and stabbed her more than 20 times in the face, neck, and chest, killing her at the scene. The accused, Amit, a 21-year-old from Kot village, was arrested within two hours and later confessed to the crime. He had been acquainted with the victim for roughly two years, having first encountered her as a student at a private school in her village, and had continued to pursue her despite her resistance. The teacher had filed a molestation complaint against him in the days before the attack. He had apologised publicly at the time but, according to police, appears to have committed the murder in retaliation. On the morning of the attack, Amit waited on the school campus, asked staff where the teacher was, and struck when she emerged. The school administrator Tejpal tried to intervene but was threatened at knifepoint. Inspector Kewal Singh, Station House Officer at the Sector-58 police station, said the attacker dragged the teacher and continued stabbing her even after she had fallen. Amit fled on a motorcycle without a number plate. [6]

🗳️ ED Raids Faridabad and UP Locations in Rs 9.63-Crore GST Fraud Case

The Enforcement Directorate searched multiple premises across Uttar Pradesh and Haryana in connection with a goods and services tax fraud case involving an alleged amount of Rs 9.63 crore. Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the agency covered nine locations in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar and Ghaziabad districts, alongside premises in Haryana's Faridabad. The searches were reported on 24 August 2026. The simultaneous operations across multiple cities reflected the cross-state character of the alleged fraud network being examined by the Enforcement Directorate under its money laundering mandate. Faridabad, included among the locations raided, is part of the industrially active National Capital Region, which has received increasing attention from tax enforcement authorities in recent years. The PMLA gives the Enforcement Directorate powers to investigate the proceeds of scheduled offences, including major tax fraud, and to seek attachment of assets connected to such crimes. The searches come amid broader national efforts to tighten oversight of GST registration and billing practices. No details were available from the report regarding arrests made during the searches or the identities of the entities whose premises were covered. [1]

Sources: [6] Daily Pioneer · [1] The New Indian Express