Absolutely true. The biggest enemy of indias growth is media which want to sensationalize non trivial things. As you said this type of murder can happend anywhere. Even in a village these things happen. But that wont make the headlines.
I dont know when media will start exposing politicians as did by Tehelka. If people start reading newspaers or atleast stop reading newspapers/blogs/online news and stop watching T.V which sensationalize news, India can move forward a great deal.