Ex-DGP’s granddaughter shot dead in MP, her friend’s stalker is suspect: Police

Gwalior SP Rajesh Chandel said the class 11 student was admitted to hospital with bullet injuries after the attack and she died later in the night

Updated on: Jul 11, 2023, 16:21:59 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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BHOPAL: A teenage girl on her way home with her friend was shot dead by four men on motorcycles in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district on Monday evening, police said on Tuesday.

Police said the victim’s friend identified one of the attackers as Sumit Rawat who she said, had been stalking her (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Gwalior superintendent of police (SP) Rajesh Chandel said the victim, Akshaya Yadav, sustained bullet injuries in the incident and succumbed to her injuries later in the night. She was a class 11 student and granddaughter of the state’s former director general of police (DGP) Surendra Singh Yadav.

Surendra Singh, a 1980 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, served as Madhya Pradesh’s DGP between October 2014 and June 2016.

Akshaya Yadav’s friend who was with her when the incident took place told the police that among the four men who carried out the attack was Sumit Rawat, a man who had been stalking and harassing her. She told the police that she may have been the target of the gunmen, not Akshaya, said Chandel.

Police said they are investigating the class 11 student’s murder

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More