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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Himanta resigns as Assam CM, paving way for formation of new govt
Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday resigned along with his cabinet colleagues, paving the way for formation of a new government led by the BJP, officials said.
The BJP-led NDA bagged 102 seats in the 126-member assembly. The assembly elections were held in a single phase on April 9, and counting of votes took place on May 4.
"Following the formal notification of the results of #AssamElections2026 and to enable the formation of the new government, Dr @himantabiswa tendered his resignation as Chief Minister along with that of the council of Ministers to Hon'ble Governor Shri @Laxmanacharya54 today at Lok Bhawan," the Chief Minister's Office said in a post on X.
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The Governor has accepted the resignation, and requested Sarma to continue as the caretaker CM till the new government assumes office, it said.
Later, speaking to reporters outside the Lok Bhawan, Sarma said the oath-taking ceremony is likely to take place after May 11.
“As it was a historic win, we have invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grace the occasion," he said.
The new Assam chief minister will be selected at a meeting of the BJP legislature party in presence of central observers, Sarma said.
