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.