Doctor shot inside Delhi hospital; AAP blames central govt & LG for ‘rising crime’

NEW DELHI: A doctor was shot dead by two unknown individuals at the Neema Hospital in Jaitpur area of Delhi, police said on Thursday.

According to the police, the doctor, a Unani practitioner (BUMS) identified as Javed Akhtar, was killed by the accused, who had come to the hospital seeking medical attention for an injury on Wednesday.

“As per the hospital staff, the duo arrived at Neema Hospital in Jaitpur under the Kalindi Kunj PS area for an injury and later requested to meet doctor Javed. After being given an appointment to meet him inside his cabin, the accused shot him and fled the scene”, said police.

The police further said that the CCTV footage from the hospital shows both accused exiting the hospital premises. Shortly after the incident, the District Crime Team and FSL Rohini Team were called at the scene of the incident.

“A search is under way for the absconding accused. CCTV footage is being reviewed to track them down. All the facts are being investigated”, said the police. Sharing further details, police said that the accused are said to be minors, and prima facie the case is targeted killing as the incident was unprovoked.

Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj reacted on Thursday to the incident and alleged the Central government and Delhi LG V K Saxena’s administration failure resulted in a shocking incident and held responsible for rising crime in the national capital.

He posted on X handle, “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”.

Saurabh Bharadwaj had raised the issue of rising crime and gangster influence in the national capital earlier as well. “Gangsters’ dominance increased inside Delhi. 15 days ago, a gym owner of Greater Kailash was shot dead. In 24 hours, bullets were fired at three major places, and everyone had received calls for extortion. Even AAP MLAs Sanjiv Jha and Ajay Dutt have been threatened for ransom by gangsters. At the place where bullets were fired the previous day, he had been receiving threats for the past six months. He even filed an FIR but the police did not take any action,” the Delhi minister posted on X on October 2.

Earlier on Wednesday, Delhi MLAs wrote to the L-G, raising concerns about increasing incidents of gangsters demanding extortion from businesses in Delhi. They have sought an urgent meeting with LG. (ANI)