Delhi student’s murder: Family confirms sketch resembles youth who harassed her

Radhika Tanwar was shot dead on a foot overbridge outside Ramlal Anand College in Dhaula Kuan’s Shantiniketan on Tuesday by an unidentified person.

“Some friends and close family members have told us the suspect’s sketch matched with the person who had stalked her some time back. They were aware of a certain incident which happened sometime ago,” H G S Dhaliwal,Deputy Commissioner of Police (South),said.

“They have told us the portrait largely resembles the person who was earlier involved in the incident,” Dhaliwal said.

He,however,said the sketch was prepared on the basis of the vague recollection of three people who saw the attacker running away. “Nobody has seen him from the front… We are verifying it,” he said,adding,nobody has been detained in this connection.

He said the family or friends do not know the identity of the “stalker”,his address or parentage.

Dhaliwal said the incident of stalking was not reported to the police. “There is a handicap. Nobody knows who he is,where his residence is. There is no documentation of the incident as it was not reported to the police. Normally in such incidents people do not approach the police,” he said.

He said the police needs to verify this further. A senior police official said they were in the process of verifying the people who have left the Naraina village in the last few years. “The village houses a number of fabrics and garment units,” he said.

There were three incidents of locals beating up youth for harassing girls. “We are looking into all these. These are three different cases,” he said.

Investigators had yesterday expressed dismay that no one,who was present at the scene,has come forward.

Police have ruled out property or monetary angle in the murder which shocked the Capital and said it appeared that some personal issue was behind the incident.