A 30-year-old delivery man was allegedly killed by two persons when he went to deliver an iPhone to one of them who was supposed to pay him Rs 1.5 lakh for the product. His body was dumped into the Indira Canal here and a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has been called to find it.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Shashank Singh said Gajanan, from Chinhat, had ordered the iPhone worth about Rs 1.5 lakh from Flipkart and opted for COD (Cash on Delivery) payment option.
"On 30th September, Bharat Kumar aka Ram Milan, who worked as a Flipkart delivery agent, a missing person's report about him was filed by his brother. As per CCTV footage and information, we got to know that something unfortunate had happened to him. In this connection, police have taken into custody a person named Akash. During questioning, Akash said that he along with a partner murdered Bharat Kumar and threw the body in the canal. SDRF and NDRF are trying to recover the body," said DCP East Lucknow Shashank Singh.
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“On September 23, delivery boy, Bharat Sahu of Nishatganj, went to deliver the phone at his place where he was killed by Gajanan and his accomplice. After strangulating Sahu, they put his body in a sack and disposed it off in the Indira Canal,” he said.
Prem Kumar, brother of murdered Flipkart delivery agent said, "My brother had gone for delivery of a product. When he demanded the price of the delivered product the customer killed my brother. My brother should get justice. He was married."