Karnal, July 13 -- Days after the killing of a tennis player in Gurugram and a school principal in Hisar, Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday expressed concern over the incidents and also blamed western influence on the society.

The minister, also Karnal MP, was in the town to chair a brief interaction with district officials and party leaders.

Speaking to reporters, Khattar said that he met the new office-bearers of the district party unit and of Panipat, a day earlier.

When asked about the alleged murder of a tennis player by her father in Gurugram and a school principal by his students in Hisar, the former Haryana chief minister said that the cases are a serious cause of concern for the society.

"This (Gurugram) is...