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Girl shot dead outside college in Delhi
Tribune News Service/PTI

Radhika and her friends crossed the road after alighting from the bus and used the foot overbridge. As she stepped down from the bridge, a man opened fire at her from behind and fled the scene. She was probably being stalked by the attacker.

The police immediately received a call about the incident. Another call informed the police that a mobile phone had burst near her ear. She was shot near the spinal cord below her neck.

“There were around five students near the scene of the crime but they did not realise what was happening. They thought that someone had burst crackers. The assailant deliberately chose that place because of the congestion and noise in the atmosphere,” a senior police official said.

Initially, nobody understood what happened and after a few seconds they saw the girl collapsing with blood oozing out of her body. Some people ran away from the spot.

Her friends and locals rushed her to Safdurjung Hospital in an autorickshaw and she was declared brought dead at the hospital.

The motive behind the incident is being investigated, the police official said, adding that they suspect the hand of a “stalker” in the murder.

“We are investigating all angles. It could be a case of a stalker committing the murder. But we cannot say anything now as the investigations are at the initial stages,” the police official said. No arrest has yet been made.