Gurugram, Nov. 5 -- A 17-year-old girl was critically injured after being shot by a 26-year-old man who had been stalking her since the past few months in Faridabad, police said on Tuesday, adding that the suspect continues to be on the run and crime branch teams are carrying out raids to arrest him.

The incident took place on a residential road in Ballabgarh's Shyam Colony around 5.20pm on Monday when the victim, a Class 12 student at a private school in Faridabad, was returning home to Bhagat Singh Colony after visiting the library.

A police officer aware of the investigation said the suspect is a resident of Saramathla in Gurugram's Sohna, works at a private firm in Faridabad. He used to visit the same library for his studies about a...