Overview
- A Crime Branch team arrested Jitendra, also known as Jatin Mangla, from Sarmathla village near Sohna on Wednesday.
- CCTV footage shows the assailant waiting on a residential street in Ballabgarh’s Shyam Colony before firing at point-blank range around 5:20 pm on Monday.
- The victim, a Class 12 student preparing for the JEE, sustained a shoulder wound and a graze to her abdomen and is receiving hospital care in stable condition.
- An FIR was registered at City Ballabgarh police station as investigators interrogate the suspect, who police say admitted to firing in a fit of rage after she refused to talk to him.
- Police are preparing to seek remand in a Faridabad court to probe motive and the source of the country‑made pistol, and the Haryana State Women’s Commission has requested a status report on the case and victim support.