The young engineer was found lying in blood in the parking lot, with multiple bullet wounds, yesterday morning by neighbours. Her roommate, who was on her way to the coaching class, was shocked when she recognised her.
An estranged boyfriend who had been calling Ms Ratour incessantly over the past few weeks is a suspect, say the police.
A trainee engineer in a mobile manufacturing company, Ms Ratour shared a third-floor apartment in the Shatabdi Rail Vihar Apartment Society with five friends.
On Wednesday morning, not long before she was shot, she had gone down after a phone call.
In CCTV grab, man can be seen chasing her, shooting her at close range
"Initial investigations suggest that she got a call from a man believed to be her boyfriend Ashwani at around 6.05 a.m. She later went to meet him in the parking area of the building," Mr Singh said. She had reportedly been avoiding Ashwani's phone calls for several weeks.
The shooter has not been identified yet as the CCTV at the main entrance of the complex was not working, the police say.
Ms Rathour started working last year after completing an IT course from a college in Punjab. That is where she met Ashwani, who is from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh.
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