Police said the girl was a Class XI student at a private school barely 2km away from her residence. She was walking back home when the crime took place. (Representative image)NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly shot at by her stalker near her residence in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar on Thursday afternoon. She is currently under observation in the ICU of a private hospital. Both the accused and the girl belong to different communities. Initially, the accused had concealed his original identity and name to interact with the girl. Later, when she came to know about his lies, she stopped responding. Police said the girl was a Class XI student at a private school barely 2km away from her residence. She was walking back home when the crime took place. The girl’s father said he received a call at 2.17pm from his wife about the shooting while he was in his office at Mahipalpur. “We live in a joint family. Usually, someone drops my children and nieces to school in the morning and in the afternoon my wife or sister-in-law picks them up. My wife and son and one of my nieces were walking ahead, while my daughter and second niece were behind them. When they reached near B-Block, the accused fired at her and fled,” he added. Asked if he suspected anyone, the girl’s father told TOI that a youth from the area had been following her. “Initially, I didn’t take the youth loitering in our lane seriously as he was a local. But later he sent messages and requests to my daughter on Instagram. She didn’t respond, so he started following her whenever she stepped out.” “I told the beat constable about this in June end and start of July. The beat cop said he would take care of it and scold the boy, but I don’t know if anything happened. My wife said the boy and his accomplices were wearing helmets and had covered their faces till the nose with a handkerchief,” added the father. He further claimed that the accused knew that school would get over by 1.40pm and his daughter would reach B-Block by 2.15pm. CCTV footage from the school has been recovered. The PCR got a call about the shooting at 3.47pm. “The injured girl in her statement to police said while returning home from school, she noticed three boys on a motorcycle chasing her. When she reached B-Block, one of the boys fired at her from behind and they sped away. One of the boys was in touch with her through social media. A case of attempt to murder has been registered. The accused have been identified and efforts are on to catch them,” said DCP (South) Benita Jaiker. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebookTwitterInstagramKOO APPYOUTUBE
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