17-year-old girl shot at by stalker in Haryana’s Faridabad, hunt on for accused

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Just 2 days earlier the attack, caught successful horrifying detail, Mangla apologised to the household for stalking the girl, her sister told reporters. Photo: X@PTI_News

A hunt is connected for the alleged stalker who changeable astatine a 17-year-old JEE aspirant successful wide daylight, wounding her successful the enarthrosis and abdomen, constabulary said connected Tuesday (November 4, 2025).

A Class 12 pupil who was connected her mode backmost from the room erstwhile she was attacked successful Faridabad’s Shyam Colony connected Monday evening, is unchangeable and nether attraction astatine a hospital, they said.

The main accused — seen waiting for her successful the thoroughfare successful CCTV footage, walking up to her and past shooting her astatine point-blank scope — has been identified arsenic 20-year-old Jatin Mangla, who worked arsenic an accountant, from Sarmathla colony adjacent Sohna successful Gurugram, officials said.

One slug struck the teen's enarthrosis and different grazed her abdomen.

Just 2 days earlier the attack, caught successful horrifying detail, Mangla apologised to the household for stalking the girl, her sister told reporters.

According to police, Mangla and the teen went to the aforesaid room to study.

Mangla took admittance successful the room not to survey but to get adjacent to the girl, a elder investigating serviceman said.

In her connection fixed to the constabulary connected Tuesday, the class-12 miss said that the accused had been harassing her for a agelong time. "On Monday evening, portion returning from the library, the accused arrived connected a bike, changeable her with a pistol and fled," said the police.

Four teams person been formed to way down the attacker, a Faridabad Police spokesperson said.

The teen, constabulary officials added, is simply a Class 12 subject pupil of the Open Education Board and preparing for the JEE.

"The accused enrolled successful the Classmate Library astir six months ago, portion the miss had been enrolled determination for a year. The room absorption said Jatin Mangla works arsenic an accountant astatine a adjacent backstage college," said Ballabhgarh City Police Station SHO, Inspector Shamsher Singh.

He said Mangla would not permission the miss unsocial and kept hovering astir her. Within 15 days of his admittance to the library, Mangla's rank was cancelled and truthful was the girl’s.

"The miss took admittance again successful the room astir 5 months ago, portion the accused was denied admission. He continued stalking the girl," Mr. Singh said.

"Several teams of constabulary presumption and transgression subdivision are conducting raids to apprehension him," helium said.

VIDEO | A miss changeable astatine adjacent her location portion returning from room successful Faridabad. The incidental was captured connected CCTV.

A constabulary authoritative says, "We received accusation astir the incidental astir 5.30 p.m. yesterday. We reached the spot and took the miss to the hospital. She is now… pic.twitter.com/CgFIkun30W

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Published - November 05, 2025 01:25 americium IST

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