NEW DELHI, Aug. 5 -- A 15-year-old girl was shot dead, allegedly by a man who was known to her, in a crowded market in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri on Monday evening, police said, adding that the motive behind the killing is yet to be established.

Deputy commissioner of police (northwest) Bhisham Singh said the accused has been identified as Aryan (single name), 20, a resident of Jahangirpuri.

According to police, a call was received around 8pm reporting that a minor girl with gunshot wounds had been brought to Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival. Officers later identified her as a 15-year-old resident of the same locality. Her name has been withheld by police to protect her identity.

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