An Indian-origin woman has been shot dead outside restaurant in US state of California by a man from India who had allegedly stalked her.

Shalini Thakur was shot dead outside a Sacramento restaurant after months of alleged stalking by Rohit. The case has raised fresh questions about warning signs, protection orders and gaps in intervention.

Sudesh Kumari, Shalini's mother, said Rohit had been stalking and harassing her daughter for nearly a year. She said he had wanted to marry Shalini, but she had turned him down because of their age difference.

Shalini Thakur was shot dead outside her Sacramento workplace after months of stalking by Rohit. The case has sharpened focus on earlier warnings, a restraining order and questions over enforcement.

New Delhi: An Indian-origin woman was shot dead outside a restaurant at a shopping centre in Sacramento, California on September 8. The victim of this

An AirTag hidden under her car, a copied house key, and repeated restraining-order violations reveal how a stalker relentlessly tracked Indian-origin woman Shalini Thakur before shooting her dead in California.