India, Nov. 6 -- Two days after a 17-year-old girl was shot while returning home from the library in Faridabad, the prime suspect, who had been stalking her for several months, was arrested in Gurugram's Sohna, said Faridabad police on Wednesday.

Police identified the suspect as Jitendra, alias Jatin Mangla, 30, who worked in the accounts section of a group of institutions at Jakhopur in Faridabad. He was apprehended by the crime branch from his native village of Saramathla on Wednesday.

The victim is a Class 12 student at a private school in Faridabad. Police said the accused also used to visit the same library for his studies about a year ago, where he first met the girl.

The incident took place on a residential road in Ballabgarh's ...