CCTV footage of the incident in Faridabad on Monday afternoon.
Key points
- Nikita was killed Monday afternoon just outside her university in Faridabad’s Ballabhgarh, where she had gone for an exam.
- Tauseef tried to force her into his car, but he shot her point-blank when she resisted.
- Haryana’s chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, assured on Tuesday that strict measures are taken against the defendant and his accomplice Rehan.
Ballabhgarh: Chilling images of the broad daylight murder of a 21-year-old college student at Faridabad in Haryana on Monday caused commotion across the country. Although the accused and his accomplice have been arrested, the investigations have unraveled a new angle to the murder that is not “love jihad”.
While the preliminary investigation revealed that Nikita Tomar had rejected Tauseef’s proposals to convert to Islam and marry him, reports now claim that the defendant also killed her out of revenge.
Nikita’s family has now said that the boy harassed her for several years, so much so that they had to file an FIR against him in 2018. After this, the police arrested Tauseef, so he was unable to complete his medical studies. , according to Navbharat Times.
The girl’s parents opined that the problem was over after they dropped the case at the urging of the boy’s pleading parents.
Haryana’s chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, assured on Tuesday that strict measures are taken against the accused.
“The culprit of the Ballabhgarh incident has been arrested. Strict measures will be taken against the culprit. No criminal will be saved, ”Khattar told the media in Hisar.
What happened?
Nikita, a senior business student, was killed Monday afternoon just outside her university in Faridabad’s Ballabhgarh, where she had gone for an exam.
CCTV footage from a camera outside the university showed Tauseef and his friend Rehan trying to force her into his car, and when she resisted, the former shot her point-blank.
According to ACP Ballabgarh Jaiveer Rathi, both Touseef and Rehan were waiting in the car for him to leave the university premises. After the shooting, they both fled the scene, while the 21-year-old succumbed to her injuries.
“Nikita had come to the university for an exam. Touseef, whom she knew, tried to talk to her and then shot her, ”Rathi said, according to the news agency. AND ME.
The police have sent both defendants to two days of judicial custody.
