India, Oct. 24 -- A 31-year-old stalker was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly broke into a paying guest (PG) accommodation in Gurugram's Dundahera area and shot a 30-year-old woman who had rejected his marriage proposal, police said, adding that the accused was apprehended when the PG's automatic lock trapped him inside after the shooting.

The woman, identified by police as Shivangi Tiwari, suffered a bullet wound near her left shoulder and was rushed to Civil Hospital in Sector 10A, where she remains in stable condition.

According to investigators privy to the case details, the accused, Vipin Kumar, had been waiting outside the PG on his motorcycle for the woman to leave for work.

"However, a milkman came out of the main entranc...