Overview
- The victim, Kanishka, a Class 12 JEE aspirant, is hospitalised in stable condition with injuries to her shoulder, forearm and a grazing wound to the abdomen.
- Police registered an FIR for attempt to murder along with Arms Act provisions and recovered a country-made pistol discarded at the scene.
- Multiple teams, including crime-branch units, are conducting raids to apprehend the identified suspect, 20-year-old Jatin Mangla from Sarmathla near Sohna.
- CCTV footage shows the assailant waiting, approaching from close range and firing before fleeing on a motorcycle.
- Officials and family accounts describe months of stalking tied to a local library, with Mangla’s membership cancelled earlier and an apology to the family reported two days before the shooting.