A 26-YEAR-OLD engineer allegedly shot his ‘friend’ and himself in New Rajin- der Nagar area of central Delhi on Sunday . The police said Uma Shar- ma, also an engineer, had been avoiding Sanjay Aggar- wal for the past couple of months. On Sunday, he re- portedly came from Jaipur to seek revenge after she spurned his advances. She survived with two bullet in- juries in her chest, and is re- cuperating at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. He died. “Both Sharma and Aggar- wal hail from Aligarh and knew each other from col- lege,” said Jaspal Singh, DCP (central). “On Sunday afternoon, Aggarwal went to meet Sharma at her PG accom- modation. He took a bunch of roses and a country-made revolver with him. After the landlord told him that Shar- ma was not at home, Aggar- wal waited for her.” The police said Sharma had gone to appear in a com- petitive examination for a job in MTNL. “When Sharma returned, Aggarwal asked her about her exam and then both went to her room,” said Singh. “A couple of minutes later the landlord heard her screams. Soon, he heard another scream and rushed to the room, where found the cou- ple lying in a pool of blood.” The police said while Sharma survived mira- culously, her friend died on the spot. letters@hindustantimes.com UMA SHARMA (22) had in- formed her parents that her college friend Sanjay Aggar- wal- who shot at her twice in New Rajinder Nagar on Sunday - was harassing her and could be a threat. Police said Sharma, an engineer by profession, had started distancing herself from Aggarwal for several months as she suspected him to be "two-timing" her The woman, who is recu- perating at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, told the police that Aggarwal had relations with other women and so she started avoiding him. Sharma was working with a private firm in Karol Bagh and was staying at a paying guest accommodation in C Block, New Rajinder Nagar On Sunday she had gone to take a competitive exami- nation of MTNL and when she returned, she found Ag- garwal waiting for her Aggarwal asked her about her exam and entered the room with her Sharma went to the bathroom and asked him to wait, police said. Sharma told the police when she came out of the bathroom he was holding a gun. "Before I could realize anything, he opened fire on me. I collapsed and don't re- member anything after that," Sharma told the po- lice from her hospital bed. Sharma told police that she was avoiding his calls and wanted to concentrate on her career. "I had even informed my parents that he was harassing me. I stopped taking his calls and on Sunday he landed at my PG accommodation with a bunch of roses. He asked me about my examination and entered with me in my room," Sharma told the police. Sharma and Aggarwal be- long to Aligarh and complet- ed their engineering from GLA Institute of Technolo- gy and Management. The police said they knew each other since college days. Af- ter completing her studies, Sharma got a job at Karol Bagh and was living here for the past seven months. Her father is an oil trader. Aggarwal was working at a private firm in Jaipur The police have seized the weapon and sent Aggarwal's body for postmortem.