Doctor shot dead inside Delhi hospital

A doctor was shot dead inside Delhi's Nima Hospital in Jaitpur, ANI reported.

The hospital falls under the Kalindi Kunj Police Station.

CCTV footage visuals are being examined to identify the accused.

The agency, citing hospital staff, reported that two men had come to the hospital with an injury, and after dressing they had demanded to meet the doctor and shot him dead once they entered his cabin.

"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 entered his cabin," the police said.

"During inquiry it was revealed that two boys, both about 16-17 years of age, came to the Nursing Home at the hospital. One of them asked to change the dressing of his injured toe. Dressing of this boy was also done the previous night in the same hospital. Yesterday after dressing by Md Kamil, both went to the cabin of Javed Akhtar, a Unani practitioner (BUMS) for a prescription of medicine. After some time, night nursing staff Gajala Parveen and Md. Kamil heard a gunshot. Gajala Parveen went towards the cabin of Javed Akhtar and found him in a pool of blood oozing from left side of his head. Prima facie it is a case of targeted killing as it is unprovoked and the assailants had done recce the previous night," the police added.

This comes amid a nationwide demand for greater security for medical professionals after the horrific rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's R G Kar Hospital.

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