NEW Delhi, March 9 (PTI): Delhi Police on Wednesday released the sketch of a suspect in the murder of a young girl outside her college but expressed dismay that no one who was present at the scene has come forward as witness to the incident. Investigators said the assailant was trailing the victim, Radhika Tanwar (20), from her house in Naraina and chose the foot over-bridge (FoB) outside Ramlal Anand College in Dhaula Kuan’s Shantiniketan area to shoot her deliberately.
Police have ruled out property or monetary angle in the murder which shocked the capital yesterday. “There was only one assailant. It appears that somebody who is obsessed with her was behind the murder,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) H G S Dhaliwal said. Dhaliwal said it was “very unfortunate” that no one has come forward and informed police that they have witnessed the incident. “A lot of people witnessed the incident. Every body denied that they saw it. We have not come across anybody who said they have seen it. It is not possible,” he said, adding, there was also delay in taking the victim to a hospital.
Dhaliwal said with the help of three persons, they have prepared the sketch of the suspect, a youth who is around five feet five inches tall with a wheatish complexion. “We are on the killer’s trail. It is a planned murder. The suspect knew her very well. He knew her routine,” he said. The assailant selected the FoB because it was congested and he thought he could escape fast, he said. “He knew that he could not attack her on a public bus and he could be caught. He observed her movements and decided to attack her on the FoB. He waited at the ramp, attacked her and then fled,” he said. “The noise level in the locality was so high, he knew the sound of firing will be drowned in it. Some even mistook the gunshot for the sound of crackers,” he said.
Police received two calls from the site yesterday -- one about firing and another about a girl being injured after a mobile burst. Dhaliwal said she was shot at close-range. Police now expects the family and her close friends to provide some clue about the assailant. “The family is cooperating with us although they are grieving,” he said. Asked whether there was a delay on the action of police in rushing the victim to hospital, Dhaliwal said the duty constable was at the spot in 2-3 minutes. “No one from the public made an effort to take her to the hospital.
None of the victim’s close friends was with her at the time of the incident, Dhaliwal said, adding, Radhika was shot at with a .315 bore country-made pistol. He said they do not have any eye-witness in the “orthodox sense” of the word -- who had actually seen some one firing at the girl. “We have three people who have vague recollections of a man running away from the spot soon after the incident,” he said. Meanwhile, a large number of students of Delhi University today held a protest march demanding arrest of the killer of Radhika. Holding placards, the students marched from Ramlal Anand College in DU South Campus to India Gate. The protesters raised slogans like “We want justice”, demanding immediate arrest of the culprit.
Police have ruled out property or monetary angle in the murder which shocked the capital yesterday. “There was only one assailant. It appears that somebody who is obsessed with her was behind the murder,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) H G S Dhaliwal said. Dhaliwal said it was “very unfortunate” that no one has come forward and informed police that they have witnessed the incident. “A lot of people witnessed the incident. Every body denied that they saw it. We have not come across anybody who said they have seen it. It is not possible,” he said, adding, there was also delay in taking the victim to a hospital.
Dhaliwal said with the help of three persons, they have prepared the sketch of the suspect, a youth who is around five feet five inches tall with a wheatish complexion. “We are on the killer’s trail. It is a planned murder. The suspect knew her very well. He knew her routine,” he said. The assailant selected the FoB because it was congested and he thought he could escape fast, he said. “He knew that he could not attack her on a public bus and he could be caught. He observed her movements and decided to attack her on the FoB. He waited at the ramp, attacked her and then fled,” he said. “The noise level in the locality was so high, he knew the sound of firing will be drowned in it. Some even mistook the gunshot for the sound of crackers,” he said.
Police received two calls from the site yesterday -- one about firing and another about a girl being injured after a mobile burst. Dhaliwal said she was shot at close-range. Police now expects the family and her close friends to provide some clue about the assailant. “The family is cooperating with us although they are grieving,” he said. Asked whether there was a delay on the action of police in rushing the victim to hospital, Dhaliwal said the duty constable was at the spot in 2-3 minutes. “No one from the public made an effort to take her to the hospital.
None of the victim’s close friends was with her at the time of the incident, Dhaliwal said, adding, Radhika was shot at with a .315 bore country-made pistol. He said they do not have any eye-witness in the “orthodox sense” of the word -- who had actually seen some one firing at the girl. “We have three people who have vague recollections of a man running away from the spot soon after the incident,” he said. Meanwhile, a large number of students of Delhi University today held a protest march demanding arrest of the killer of Radhika. Holding placards, the students marched from Ramlal Anand College in DU South Campus to India Gate. The protesters raised slogans like “We want justice”, demanding immediate arrest of the culprit.
