“First murder of 2024”: The Instagram post that helped Delhi Police crack Unani doctor’s murder

A doctor was shot dead inside a nursing home in southeast Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj area early Thursday, October 4. The 50-year-old Unani doctor, Javed Akhtar, was shot dead by two ‘teenagers’ inside his cabin at Nima Hospital. Police s said to have received a distress call at 1.45am and found Akhtar’s body slumped in his chair.
Police tracked the suspect through his Instagram account, where he posted a photo with a pistol, boasting, “Kar diya 2024 mein murder” (Finally committed murder in 2024).