A 32-year-old man was shot dead by a teenager inside a ward of the GTB Hospital in Delhi’s Shahdara area on Sunday.
Taking note of the matter, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj has blamed the Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena for detoriating the law and order situation in the national capital. “LG sahab, in the last two years since you came to power, the law and order situation in Delhi is going from bad to worse. Criminals have lost all fear of the law. People barge into hospitals in broad daylight and shoot people. Sometimes a murder takes place inside Tihar Jail in front of the police and the police personnel just watch,” he tweeted on X (formerly Twitter).
Further, Bharadwaj stated, “Sometimes a lawyer is shot in front of the court. In Jangpura, an elderly person is brutally murdered by barging into his house in broad daylight. Murders in broad daylight in front of CCTV are now becoming a common thing in Delhi. The criminals are fearless. Delhi Police has been ruined due to its political use.”
The victim, Riyazuddin, who is a resident of Delhi’s Khajuri area, was admitted to the hospital on June 23 and he was undergoing treatment for abdominal infection. DCP Shahdara Surendra Choudhary said, “On Sunday, a PCR call regarding firing in ward No.24 was received at Police Station GTB Enclave. On reaching the spot, it was found that one patient namely Riyazuddin, resident of, Khajuri, Delhi and age about 32 years was admitted on June 23 in the hospital for treatment of abdominal infection.”
He added that there was one shooter. Riyazuddin was injured and was later declared dead, police said.
“On reaching the spot, police found that a patient, namely Riyazuddin, received injury. He was later declared dead by doctors,” he said. The officer said around 4 pm, an 18-year-old man came inside the ward and fired at Riyazuddin.
“Case is being registered and teams have been formed to nab the culprit. Prima facie, the matter seems to be of personal enmity,” the DCP said.
Reacting to the incident, a doctor took to X and shared his concerns over the security of hospitals. “Health status in Delhi Government is a land of lawlessness and no administration. All doctors please be careful One of the patient shot dead in a ward of GTB by strangers just now None of them got caught,” he tweeted.
Further he said, “They dragged the pg resident who was assessing the patient and shot patient dead, the pg escaped somewhow. In the feud between Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind kejriwal, patients and doctors are suffering. We need help in delhi.”
