Really Alarming. 3 gang rapes within 24 hours. Under PM Modi’s handpicked CM Mr ML Khattar Haryana is justifying it… https://t.co/xFKb441FxV — Shakeel Ahmad (@Ahmad_Shakeel) 1516019812000

NEW DELHI: Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today called for the resignation of the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government following recent reports of rape cases from the state."The state's law and order is in shambles, it seems like there is no government here. Government must resign on moral grounds, we will also meet Governor on 17 January over the deteriorating law and order in the state," Hooda said, according to reports on ANI.The Congress leader was reacting to the reports of three cases of alleged rapes from the state in the last two days, including the brutal rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in Jind.Taking a stern view of the incidents, senior Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad said that Haryana is living up to its tag of "Gang rape capital of India" under the leadership of "PM Modi's handpicked CM Manohar Lal Khattar .On Saturday, a 15-year-old girl's half-naked body was found from the bank of a water channel in Haryana's Jind district.The medical examination of the body indicated that the girl was brutalised by her assailant who inserted a foreign object into her private parts that caused massive internal injuries.The extent of the injuries suffered by the Class X student is horrific, according to the head of PGIMS Rohtak's forensic department. "In all, her body had 19 injuries — largely on face, head, chest and hands. Her lungs were ruptured, suggesting someone might have sat on her chest," Dr S K Dattarwal.On the same day, a 22-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by four men in Haryana's Faridabad district when she was returning home from work.A third incident of rape was reported from state’s Panipat district where an 11-year-old Dalit girl was raped and murdered allegedly by her two neighbours.On Sunday, Hooda had demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits, he had said, "This government has failed on all fronts. The law and order situation has completely broken down. Children are neither safe in schools nor in their homes. Such heinous crimes are increasing, but the government seems to be in slumber."