NEW DELHI: A boy shot dead the mother of a 15-year-old girl from another community inside her house in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Friday.
The boy, a few months short of 18, wanted to befriend the girl and had allegedly been harassing her for some time, even accosting her on the road on one occasion.
Alarmed, her parents packed her off to a hostel. That left the boy angry.Along with two of his aides, he stormed her house Friday noon and asked her mother where she was. She replied the girl wasn’t home. Sensing trouble, a relative started calling up other family members for help. It was then the boy shot the 35-year-old woman twice and fled.
She was rushed to Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital where doctors declared her dead. Police were yet to arrest the three attackers when reports last came in.
The girl’s family alleged that though cops had been informed many times about the harassment, no significant action was taken to restrain the boy or protect her.
The boy had been threatening the family for the past month, a relative claimed, adding that he recently even updated his social media photo where he was seen brandishing a pistol.
Following the shooting, a large police force secured the locality in order to avoid communal tension.
They also held meetings with elders of both communities. The locals raised concerns about safety of women and effectiveness of policing to deal with such crimes.Cops said they were conducting raids to nab the accused and footage of CCTV cameras was being analysed to track their movement. “Several teams are looking for the accused. They will be arrested shortly,” said DCP (northwest) Jitender Meena.
The boy, a few months short of 18, wanted to befriend the girl and had allegedly been harassing her for some time, even accosting her on the road on one occasion.
Alarmed, her parents packed her off to a hostel. That left the boy angry.Along with two of his aides, he stormed her house Friday noon and asked her mother where she was. She replied the girl wasn’t home. Sensing trouble, a relative started calling up other family members for help. It was then the boy shot the 35-year-old woman twice and fled.
She was rushed to Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital where doctors declared her dead. Police were yet to arrest the three attackers when reports last came in.
The girl’s family alleged that though cops had been informed many times about the harassment, no significant action was taken to restrain the boy or protect her.
The boy had been threatening the family for the past month, a relative claimed, adding that he recently even updated his social media photo where he was seen brandishing a pistol.
Following the shooting, a large police force secured the locality in order to avoid communal tension.
They also held meetings with elders of both communities. The locals raised concerns about safety of women and effectiveness of policing to deal with such crimes.Cops said they were conducting raids to nab the accused and footage of CCTV cameras was being analysed to track their movement. “Several teams are looking for the accused. They will be arrested shortly,” said DCP (northwest) Jitender Meena.
