Overview
- Jitendra alias Jatin Mangla, 30, was arrested by the Faridabad Crime Branch on November 5 from Sarmathla near Sohna after CCTV-led tracking.
- During a weapon recovery near Kabulpur, police say he grabbed a hidden firearm and opened fire, prompting retaliatory shots that wounded his leg; he is hospitalised in stable condition.
- Officers recovered a country-made pistol and cartridges, and registered a fresh attempt-to-murder case at Sector 58 after the encounter in addition to the earlier FIR at City Ballabgarh under attempt to murder and the Arms Act.
- The victim, Kanishka, a 17-year-old Class 12 JEE aspirant, was shot at close range on November 3 in Ballabgarh’s Shyam Colony and is stable after treatment for shoulder and forearm injuries captured on CCTV.
- Police say Mangla had stalked her since 2024 after meeting at a library, worked in accounts at Rawal Institute College, and is being questioned on weapon sources as the case proceeds under Operation Trackdown with the state women’s commission seeking a report.