Archive · 24 Dec 2025
Bhopal Sees 49 Murders in 2025
In 2025, the city of Bhopal in India saw 49 murders.
Most of these killings happened because of small arguments, old fights, love problems, and disputes over money or property.
Some of the cases were very shocking.
For example, a man was beaten to death just because he didn't give someone a bidi (a type of cigarette).
Another man was killed because he didn't give money for liquor.
There was also a case where a student was stabbed over a small fight about who would take petrol first.
In another case, a man killed his brother over a dispute about new clothes.
The police say that many of these murders happened because of sudden fights, drunk arguments, or long-standing hatred.
Some of the murders were also because of failed relationships.
In one case, a man strangled his live-in partner and lived with her body for two days.
In another case, a young man killed a 19-year-old girl over a one-sided love affair.
The police are trying to understand why these small disputes are leading to such brutal murders.
Bhopal saw 49 murders in 2025, with most killings resulting from trivial disputes, old rivalries, love affairs, property disputes, and alcohol-fuelled altercations.
Shocking incidents included a man beaten to death for refusing to give a bidi and a student stabbed over a petty argument about petrol.
A railway employee accused of sorcery killed a youth after the victim resisted a sexual assault.
Failed relationships led to high-profile murders, including a man strangling his live-in partner and a youth slitting a 19-year-old girl's throat.
Police attribute many murders to instantaneous quarrels, drunken brawls, and long-standing enmities erupting without any trigger.
- Who
- Residents of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- What
- 49 murders occurred in 2025
- When
- Throughout 2025
- Where
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Why
- Trivial disputes, old rivalries, love affairs, property and financial disputes, domestic conflicts, and alcohol-fuelled altercations
- Total Murders
- 49
- Top Reasons
- Failed love affairs, property disputes, old rivalries, domestic conflicts, alcohol-fuelled altercations
- Shocking Incident 1
- Middle-aged man beaten to death for refusing to give a bidi (November 26, Gautam Nagar)
- Shocking Incident 2
- Student stabbed to death over a trivial argument about petrol (August 6, Ayodhya Nagar)
- Shocking Incident 3
- Railway employee accused of sorcery kills a youth (September 6, Bag Sewania)
- High-Profile Murder 1
- Man strangled his live-in partner and lived with the body for two days (June 29, Bajaria)
- High-Profile Murder 2
- Youth slits the throat of a 19-year-old girl over a one-sided love affair (September 2, TT Nagar)