Unani doctor found murdered in hospital

A Unani doctor in Jaitpur area of South East Delhi was murdered inside his small hospital on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, police officials said.

The deceased doctor – Javed Akhtar – was in his hospital at night. The police received a call at 1:45 am from a neighbour that the doctor was shot inside his cabin in the hospital.

When the police arrived at the spot, they found Dr Akhtar with his head resting on the table sitting on the chair as blood oozed out from his head. Police investigated the CCTV footage revealed two 16-17 year-olds entering the hospital at around 1 am. “One of the boys asked him to change the dressing for an injured toe,” a police official said.

The police learnt that the duo also visited the hospital last night for the dressing of the injured toe, however, they had gone back. Along with the doctor, two staff members were also in the hospital – Md Kamil and Gajala Parveen.

“After the dressing was done by Kamil, the duo went to Dr Javed’s cabin for procuring the prescription for medicine. Later the staff members heard a gunshot, when Parveen went to the cabin, she found Akhtar on the chair with blood oozing out from his head,” a senior police officer said.

CCTV footage is being analysed to identify the assailants, the officer added. A local said, “We heard a loud sound like the bursting of a firecracker. When we came out we learned that the doctor had been shot dead.”