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Faridabad Teen Shot Outside Library as Police Hunt Stalking Suspect Caught on CCTV

Investigators say the Class 12 student had cut off contact with a library acquaintance weeks earlier, with CCTV footage helping identify him.

Overview

  • The 17-year-old was attacked around 5–5:30 pm in Shyam Colony, Ballabgarh, while walking home from a private library.
  • CCTV shows a man waiting on a motorcycle, approaching the girl, and firing at point-blank range before fleeing.
  • The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the shoulder and grazing injuries to the forearm/abdomen, and is stable under treatment at a private hospital.
  • Police recovered a country-made pistol discarded at the scene and registered an FIR under attempt to murder and the Arms Act.
  • The suspect has been identified as 20-year-old Jatin Mangla from Sarmathla near Sohna, previously seen at the same library; four police and crime-branch teams are conducting a manhunt.