Overview
- The Crime Branch arrested Jitendra alias Jatin Mangla, 30, from Sarmathla near Sohna in Gurugram two days after the attack.
- Police say he confessed to firing at the 17-year-old in a fit of rage after she refused to speak to him, after allegedly harassing her since 2024 when they met at a library.
- According to CCTV cited by officials, he waited on the street and shot at point-blank range; the girl was hit in the shoulder and forearm and is stable in hospital.
- Officers say he left a country-made pistol at the scene, are probing how he obtained it, and noted the weapon initially misfired before the shot that caused injuries.
- Faridabad police report he was later wounded in the leg during a recovery operation after allegedly firing at officers, a new attempt-to-murder case was filed, and the Haryana State Women’s Commission sought a report on the response.