Faridabad Police Searches For accused of shooting teen girl

A hunt is on for the youth who allegedly fired gunshots at a 17-year-old girl here in broad daylight, wounding her in shoulder and abdomen, police on Tuesday said.

The girl, who is preparing for JEE, was shot twice by an alleged stalker in Faridabad’s Shyam colony on Monday evening when she was on her way home from a library.

The attacker has been identified as 20-year-old Jatin Mangla, a native of Sarmathla



village near Gurugram’s Sohna, the police said. The victim, Kanishka, is stable and under treatment at a hospital in Sector 8.

Footage from a CCTV camera showed a youth, allegedly Mangla, waiting for Kanishka in a street and shooting at her at a close range. One bullet struck her shoulder, while another grazed her abdomen.

Four teams have been formed to track down the attacker, a Faridabad Police spokesperson said.