Three more juveniles held for Delhi doctor's murder
New Delhi, Oct 4: Three more juveniles were on Friday apprehended in connection with the murder of a doctor in southeast Delhi's Kalindi Kunj area, police said
On Thursday, a boy, around 16 years, was held for allegedly opening fire at Dr Javed Akhtar, a Unani practitioner (BUMS), they said.
The incident happened inside the three-bedded Nima Hospital in Khadda Colony at around 1 am on Thursday.
After committing the crime, he uploaded a post on a social media platform with his photograph and a caption: "Kar diya 2024 mein murder" (Finally committed murder in 2024).
Police had recovered the CCTV footage from the spot where they spotted two boys, but later found out the involvement of one more juvenile in the case.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Rajesh Deo said one of the juveniles had visited the nursing home after getting injured in an accident in Faridabad on intervening night of September 20 and 21.
"He was accompanied by another minor. Akhtar treated him and subsequently raised a bill of Rs 1,200. The juvenile objected to it alleging that the doctor was overcharging him and finally paid Rs 400 before leaving the centre," Deo said.
The minor was rebuked and humiliated by Akhtar and the hospital staff, the officer said.
About 10 days later, he along with his aunt went to the nursing home to get the bandages removed. However, the staff denied and he was again scolded by the doctor, he said, adding that angry over the humiliation, the boy decided to take revenge and hatched a plan with two of his friends to eliminate Akhtar.
The trio procured a country made pistol from northeast Delhi.
On October 1, one of them got injured and went to the nursing home where he recced the centre and the next night, the three teenagers carried out the killing, Deo said.
The main shooter was apprehended by a team of Delhi Police Crime Branch from near Anand Vihar on Thursday while the other two were held by the local police on Friday, a police officer said.
The weapon of offence and a live cartridge have been recovered from one of them and they were further interrogated, the police said.
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Minor boy strangled to death for ransom in UP's Sultanpur
Sultanpur (PTI): A debt-ridden neighbour allegedly kidnapped and murdered an 11-year-old boy boy at Sultanpur, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, Asif alias Sonu, demanded a ransom of Rs 5,00,000 for releasing Osama alias Sahil to repay his debts, Kotwali police station SHO Naradmuni Singh said.
"The incident took place in the Gandhinagar locality of Sultanpur. The victim's father, Mohd Shakeel, said his son went missing on Monday night after he left to attend a wedding procession. Despite searches, there was no trace of the child," the SHO said.
On Wednesday morning, Osama's body with strangulation marks was found at the residence of the accused whom the police arrested, he said.
Asif, who lives in the same neighbourhood as the victim, exploited the trust built between the two families to carry out the crime, the officer said.
The killing of the minor boy has triggered outrage in the area with the residents demanding stringent punishment for the accused.
The victim's family has called for death penalty for Asif.
