Greater Noida: Man nabbed for assaulting dentist over long waiting period

Greater Noida: A 21-year-old man was nabbed on Saturday for allegedly attacking a dentist with a knife in Dadri following an argument over a long waiting time

Greater Noida: A 21-year-old man was nabbed on Saturday for allegedly attacking a dentist with a knife in Dadri following an argument over a long waiting time. The dentist is undergoing treatment at a hospital, police said.

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The suspect was identified as Mohammad Kumail, a Jarcha native. According to police officials, he was visiting a local dentist, Ajay Ghosh Sharma (45), at Dadri’s Railway Road.

“Kumail was allegedly having a toothache and had gone to see the doctor around 11 am. There was a waiting period. After a while, he got fed up and got into an argument with Sharma,” said additional deputy commissioner of police, zone 3, Vishal Pandey.

The officials said that the argument soon escalated and resulted in the suspect assaulting Sharma with a vegetable knife. Locals immediately alerted police about the incident.

“The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where he is undergoing treatment. Sharma sustained minor injuries as the knife was blunt,” said Pandey.

The suspect was taken into custody from the spot itself, said police. He was booked under Section 307(attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code at the Dadri police station. He will be produced before a magistrate after questioning, said police.