Two unidentified men shot dead a doctor inside his clinic at Jaitpur near Kalindi Kunj area in Delhi on Wednesday night. The victim is Javed Akhtar, a Unani medicine practitioner at Nima Hospital.
Police said two men had come to the hospital with an injury on Wednesday night. The hospital staff attended them and after the wound was dressed, they demanded to meet the doctor. They entered Akhtar's cabin and immediately fired at him, the Delhi police said.
On hearing the gunshots, nursing staff Gajala Parveen and Mohammed Kamil rushed to the cabin to find Akhtar bleeding from his head.
#WATCH | Delhi | A doctor named Javed Akhtar was shot dead inside Nima Hospital, Jaitpur under the Kalindi Kunj PS area. As per hospital staff, two boys had come to the hospital with an injury, after dressing they had demanded to meet the doctor and shot him dead once they… pic.twitter.com/OJTkTsl5MJ
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The hospital staff informed police that the suspects could be 16 or 17 years old. One of them had come to the hospital on Tuesday night too, which the police believe was a recce.
A probe is on and the police are examining CCTV footage visuals.
DCP (South-East) Rajesh Deo told ANI that the initial probe revealed this was a targeted killing. "Nima Hospital is a small nursing home Nargis Masjid in Khadda Colony under Kalindi Kunj PS area. It is a three-bed setup and the Unani practitioner was on duty there. This was an unprovoked incident of firing. Investigation revealed that the two boys visited the nursing home last night to dress the wound one of them hand in his leg. So, it seems like a targeted killing. We are probing all angles. We have identified the accused. We will nab them shortly," Deo added.
The incident sparked protest with AAP rallying against the Centre and Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena over the law and order situation in Delhi.
"Delhi has become crime capital - Gangsters operating with ease, extortion calls and firings and daily murders. Central Govt & @LtGovDelhi have failed in their basic work for Delhi," Delhi minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj posted on X.
