Delhi crime news: A 32-year-old man was shot dead by a teenager inside a ward of the GTB hospital today (July 14). The victim, Riyazuddin, was admitted to the hospital on June 23 and he was undergoing treatment for an abdominal infection, according to police. The incident took place in Ward Number 24 of the hospital, they said and 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.
The deceased has been identified as Riyazuddin (32 years), a resident of Khajuri in Delhi. According to Delhi Police, Riyazuddin was admitted to GTB Hospital on June 23 due to a stomach infection.
A PCR call regarding firing in ward number 24 was received at the police station GTB enclave. On reaching the spot, it was found that one patient namely Riyazuddin son of Lt. Islamuddin resident of A-786, A Block, Gali number 14, Sriram Nagar, Khajuri was admitted on June 23 in the hospital for treatment of abdominal infection. Today at about 4.00 PM one boy aged about 18-year-old came inside the ward and fired shots at the deceased.
Delhi Health Minister on GTB hospital firing
On GTB hospital firing, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said, "Negligence in such cases will not be tolerated. Whoever is guilty will not be spared. Security of all hospitals will be reviewed."
Delhi Police on GTB hospital firing
Additional DCP Shahdara, Vishnu Sharma said, "A PCR call was received from ward No 24 of GTB Hospital at around 4:20 pm, in which information was given that someone shot dead a patient and went away. On receiving the information, our team came here and found that the person who died was named Riyazuddin and he was a resident of Khajuri Khas. Five empty bullet cases were found. Whether there was any rivalry or not, is being investigated. The accused is being identified by searching CCTVs."
Wife of deceased
The wife of the deceased said, "I met my husband yesterday. After I reached here, I got to know that he was shot dead. They (accused) had come here to kill someone else, but mistakenly shot my husband. There was a person admitted to another ward, his wife used to tell me that her husband was in danger and some people could come to kill him. The shooters had come to kill him but they shot my husband."
The case is being registered by police. More details are awaited in this regard.
(With inputs from Vishal)
