Flipkart delivery agent murdered by customers over unpaid phones
One arrested, search for body underway
Lucknow: The Lucknow Police have arrested one of the two accused involved in the murder of a Flipkart delivery agent, Bharat Kumar, who was reportedly killed over a failed cash-on-delivery payment for mobile phones. The incident occurred on September 26 in Chinhat, Lucknow.
DCP East Shashank Singh revealed that the accused, Akash Sharma and his friend Gajanan Sharma, ordered two phones, a Vivo V40 Pro and a Google Pixel 7 Pro, worth ₹90,000 using another acquaintance's mobile phone. The order was placed on a cash-on-delivery basis with the intention of taking the items without paying.
The accused allegedly lured the delivery agent into their house and strangled him using a laptop charger. Later, they stuffed his body in a Flipkart bag and disposed of it in a canal. DCP Singh said, "We arrested Akash Sharma, who confessed to the crime during interrogation. Efforts are underway to arrest Gajanan Sharma."
Following the murder, Gajanan reportedly attempted to complete Bharat's remaining deliveries to avoid raising suspicions. Police are actively searching for the victim's body with the assistance of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and local divers.
The deceased's brother, Prem Kumar, has demanded strict punishment for the accused, urging the authorities to ensure justice.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
