Stalker who shot at 17-year-old girl in Faridabad arrested
Faridabad police on Wednesday arrested the man who allegedly stalked and shot a 17-year-old JEE aspirant in broad daylight in Faridabad. The accused reportedly confessed to attacking the victim, who was on her way back from the library. According to the police, the accused admitted to harassing the girl. The police said that during interrogation, Mangla revealed that he worked in the accounting department at Rawal Institute College, Jakhopur, in Faridabad. (PTI/Representational Image) The accused arrested has been identified as Jitendra alias Jatin Mangla, aged 30, who confessed during the investigation that he fired shots at the victim in a fit of rage after she refused to talk to him, news agency PTI reported, citing police officials. On Monday evening, the Class 12 student was shot while on her way back from the library in Faridabad’s Shyam Colony. The CCTV footage of the incident also went viral, in which the stalker can be seen waiting for the girl on the street before walking up to her and shooting her at point-blank range. One bullet struck …
