In a horrific incident, a 21-year-old college girl identified as Nikita Tomar was shot dead in broad daylight in Ballabharh, Faridabad near Delhi, Swarajya reported.
The shooter has been identified as Taufeeq and is under police custody.
Nikita was a final-year B-Com student was going home after giving an exam. The whole incident captured in CCTV footage shows the girl attempting to flee when the shooter opens fire, putting a bullet in the head and then running away in a white color car with his associate. From the CCTV footage it is evident that Taufeeq was trying to kidnap Nikita.
CCTV footage shows a girl named Nikita Tomar being shot dead by an assailant (Taufeeq) outside her college in Ballabgarh, Faridabad. Shooter and associate flees in car. Police have arrested Taufeeq. pic.twitter.com/idOPIDZfDo
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The incident reportedly took place on Monday (26 October). Nikita who was rushed to the hospital, was declared dead by the doctors.
As per ACP Ballabgarh Jaiveer Rathi, the accused Taufeeq hails from Sohna, one of the townships in the state of Haryana and that this was not an isolated incident. Nikita’s family members had filed a molestation and harassment complaint against Taufeeq a few months ago.
“One of the accused identified as Taufeeq hailing from Sohna was known to the victim and a complaint against him had been lodged by the victim’s kin a few months ago for harassment and molestation but a compromise had been reached”, Rathi has been quoted as saying.
As per reports, Taufeeq was Nikita’s classmate till high school and had been pressurising her to become his friend and had allegedly kidnapped her in 2018, but a compromise was reached between the two parties.
(This report has been edited after a reader pointed out that some of the facts mentioned in the report earlier was that of an incident that happened coincidentally in the same area to another girl. We express our deepest regrets to the family and friends of Nikita and pay our condolences to the departed soul.)