Faridabad Man, Who Shot Class 12 Student, Arrested; Says He Fired In Rage After Rejection

Faridabad Man, who shot at Class 12 student, was arrested. (News18)

The 30-year-old man, accused of stalking and shooting a 17-year-old JEE aspirant in broad daylight earlier this week, was arrested by the Faridabad Police on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Jitendra alias Jatin Mangla, allegedly confessed during interrogation that he opened fire at the girl in a fit of rage after she refused to talk to him, police said.

The victim, Kanishka, a Class 12 science student, was returning home from the library in Faridabad’s Shyam Colony on Monday evening when Mangla attacked her. According to the CCTV footage, the accused waiting for her in the street, approached her and shot at her at point-blank range.

The teenager was immediately rushed to a hospital, where she remains under treatment. Her condition is stated to be stable, India Today reported.

The police registered an FIR at City Ballabgarh police station, and a team from the Crime Branch, Sector 65, arrested Mangla from Sarmathla village near Sohna in Gurugram.

During questioning, Mangla revealed that he worked in the accounting department at Rawal Institute College, Jakhopur, in Faridabad and informed that he met Kanishka in 2024 and began harassing her despite her objections.

On November 3, he followed her, demanded to speak with her, and when she refused, he shot her before fleeing the spot.

Police said the investigation is ongoing and the accused is being further interrogated.