Ballabgarh shooting: Nikita Tomar's family alleges accused Tauseef wanted her to convert to Islam

The family of Nikita Tomar, the 21-year-old girl who was allegedly shot dead on Monday just after she came out of her college after taking her examination in Faridabad’s Ballabgarh, has alleged that the main accused Tauseef was forcing her to convert to Islam.

“We had complained earlier too that these people used to trouble her and now they have killed my daughter," the victim’s father said. Meanwhile, the girl's brother told Zee News that Tauseef, the main accused, was forcing his sister to convert to Islam. 

"My daughter went to appear for an examination at the college. The assailant tried to forcibly make her sit in his car but she refused. After a brief scuffle, he shot her," he added. "Nikita had come to college for an exam. Accused, Tauseef, whom she knew, tried to speak to her and then shot her after an argument," said Jaiveer Rathi ACP Ballabgarh.

The victim was a Bcom final year student. Meanwhile, the police accessed the CCTV footage of the murder on Tuesday even as both the accused --- Tauseef and Rehan --- have been arrested. 

The CCTV footage shows two youths coming out of a white car and getting hold of two girls. The visuals show one of the two accused, after a verbal duel, trying to pull the girl inside his vehicle parked near the gate of the college in order to abduct her but as she resists, one of them pulls out a revolver and shoots her dead in broad daylight.

After killing the girl, the accused then managed to flee after the crime scene. A team of forensic science later collected evidence from the spot. The victim, a resident of SGM Nagar, was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead by the hospital doctors.  

Sharing more details, Jaiveer Rathi, ACP, Ballabgarh said, “One of the accused identified as Tauseef, from Sohna, was known to the victim and a complaint against him had been lodged by the victim’s kin a few months ago for harassment and molestation but a compromise had been reached.”

The Haryana Police had launched a manhunt soon after the incident and arrested Tauseef a few hours after the crime. According to the police, the rejection of friendship by the girl could be the reason behind her murder.

Tauseef, who shot the girl dead, was trying to hide in Noah, but the Crime Branch searched the CCTVs installed as far as Palwal and Mewat and, arrested him in just five hours.

Police Commissioner OP Singh said that those who behind the brutal murder will be punished severely.

Meanwhile, the girl's family, relatives and her college friends today staged a protest in the area demanding stringent punishment for the two accused.