NEW DELHI: A 50-year-old Unani physician was shot useless inside his cabin at Nima Hospital in Khadda Colony of South Delhi‘s Jaitpur Extension early on Thursday.
In keeping with police, two shooters, reportedly minors, entered the hospital posing as sufferers at round 1.15am. One in every of them received handled for a purported foot damage after which entered the cabin of Javed Akhtar, the physician on responsibility, and shot him within the head.The 2 fled on a bike.
Afterward Thursday, police detained one of many suspects and questioned him. They’re searching for his confederate.
The detained boy claimed to have been employed by the husband of a nurse. The husband, the minor stated, suspected his spouse of getting an affair with the physician and deliberate to get him eradicated.
“Furthermore, the boy was reportedly in love with the nurse’s daughter and the husband allegedly promised him that he might marry the daughter if he killed Akhtar. The minor additionally withdrew cash from the husband’s ATM account,” stated a senior police officer, including that the cops had been verifying these claims and questioning the nurse and her husband.
The breakthrough got here when police discovered a CCTV footage exhibiting the minor shoot Akhtar, flash a victory signal and flee the hospital on the bike. The cops checked the minor’s Instagram account the place he posted a photograph of himself posing with a pistol, boasting, “First homicide of 2024.” This led the cops to him.
Accused in Unani physician homicide claims financial dispute, however later recants
Dr Javed Akhtar resided together with his household in a central Delhi locality. He’s survived by his spouse and two daughters. A BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medication and Surgical procedure) physician, Akhtar practiced at Nima Hospital, a three-bed facility in Jaitpur Extension’s Khadda Colony. He had 20 years of expertise, working with varied metropolis hospitals.
DCP Rajesh Deo stated that on Wednesday evening, Dr. Akhtar was on responsibility on the hospital, accompanied by a nurse and an assistant. Round 1.15am, two minors arrived, claiming one had an injured foot. After receiving therapy, they requested for medicine, and one of many minors entered Dr. Akhtar’s cabin, capturing him within the head.
The assailants fled on a motorbike, leaving the hospital workers and close by residents in a state of panic. Police arrived promptly and despatched the physique for autopsy.
CCTV footage reveals the 2 tried to kill Akhtar the earlier evening however had been unsuccessful as a result of one other physician was current there.
Whereas police are exploring varied angles, the precise circumstances will turn out to be clearer after the accused are apprehended, they stated. The accused claimed that he had a financial dispute with the physician however later recanted his assertion.
Akhtar’s spouse final spoke to him at 1:30 am on Thursday; he stated every thing was superb, had eaten, and was getting ready to sleep. Nonetheless, within the morning, she obtained a name from the hospital proprietor, stating he was attacked by a affected person and admitted to AIIMS. Upon arrival, she discovered he was shot by two assailants posing as sufferers.
