Delhi/IBNS: Police arrested a 16-year-old girl, who shot the mother of a teenage boy accused of raping her in 2021, media reports said.

The incident happened on Saturday in the Bhajanpura area of the national capital, according to police.

The girl shot at the 50-year-old woman with a pistol around 5.30 pm, they said.

The injured woman, whose son allegedly raped the girl, runs a grocery shop.

She was rushed to GTB Hospital, police said.

Both the girl and the accused are minors, and, hence, their identities were not revealed.