New Delhi, Mar 11 :Twice in a month, young Radhika Tanwar came deadly close to her death as her "murderer" followed her waiting for a chance to avenge the humiliation of being beaten up for stalking her.
The third time, the 20-year-old degree student was not so lucky as she fell to the bullets of her alleged stalker Ram Singh alias Vijay on a foot-over-bridge outside Ramlal Anand College in south Delhi''s Dhaula Kuan on Tuesday.
According to investigators, Vijay allegedly followed Radhika at least twice with an intention to kill her in the past one month, the last one being three days before her murder.
Vijay allegedly nurtured "deep grudge" against Radhika after he was beaten up for harassing her three-and-half-years ago and used to tell his friends that whenever he would get an opportunity, he would take revenge. He felt insulted and left Delhi''s Naraina for Mumbai.
"We have learnt that a month ago, he had boarded a bus in which the victim was travelling. However, he could not execute his plans. Last Saturday, he followed her on the foot-over-bridge," H G S Dhaliwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), told reporters.
Vijay is a "drunkard" and was never regular at his work. His previous employer Kamal even did not provide him a job when he returned to the capital due to his "character", a senior police official said.
"He is not in regular touch with his family. He was even involved in stalking of women in his village," the official said.
According to Dhaliwal, they identified the suspect following extensive investigations in Naraina area from where three incidents of beating up of stalkers took place but not reported to police.
"Those involved in these incidents did not approach police and we do not have any documentation regarding it. We spoke to polling agents of political parties who knew the voters in the area as well as those who did not figure in the voters list.
"We also spoke to owners of ration shops, grocery shops and milk booths who provided inputs about friends of those who were beaten up," Dhaliwal said.
Investigators said that they faced tough times as the owners of knitting and fabrication units operating in Naraina area do not maintain a register of their employers. Moreover, the workers also shifted jobs very fast.
"For many reasons from avoiding inspectors and ESI officials to evading tax, they do not maintain proper records. In last three years, the particular unit where Vijay was working changed three hands. The workers also changed units in 45 days," Dhaliwal said, adding at least 2,000 workers have come and gone in the area.
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