Bhubaneswar, Feb 10:  Commissionerate Police arrested the accused hours after a college girl was shot at in the Infocity area here today.

The arrested has been identified as Ashish Nayak and the victim knew him before.

The firing took place at the rented house of the college girl in Bajrangi Vihar.

The victim was fired two shots at her thigh and waist and admitted to a private hospital in the city.

The bullets have been removed from her body and her condition is stable, said police.

The girl has been identified as Sonali Das, a fashion designing student of a private institute in Infocity area, hails from Balasore.