New Delhi, June 7
A 20-year-old girl was shot by a man in Jhansi of Uttar Pradesh after she repeatedly rejected his advances and refused to talk to him.
The accused was identified as Rohit who was captured in a CCTV cameras trying to intimidate the girl and the girl trying to save herself by snatching the pistol on June 6.
The victim was a second-year BA student at Mahila Degree College,
The police informed that the accused had been harassing the girl, for the last five to six months and was madly in love with her. He had been pressuring the victim to talk to him, to which she repeatedly refused. When the girl was returning home from her college after giving an exam, the accused confronted her again and tried to talk to her. When the victim refused again, Rohit took out a pistol and pointed it at her.
The victim's mother said Rohit used to follow her daughter and look at her with bad intentions. She said she had complained to his family members, and he had agreed not to follow and harass his daughter However, after some time, Rohit started to follow her daughter, her mother added.
The police added that before committing this act, Rohit and his friends had created chaos in the street and brandished arms and swords outside her house. A video of the same went viral on social media. The accused are now on the run.
The police have booked the accused and his friends for the act.