This is failure of law and order. What bothered me is how liberal media portrayed these individuals.

The primary identity of individuals killed is undertrials (as you rightly mentioned) or murderers or criminals, and not lawmakers or MPs as portrayed by these headlines.

1) https://www.reuters.com/world/india/former-indian-lawmaker-s...

2) https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2023/apr/16/former-i...

3) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65290042.amp