Zomato Delivery Boy Murdered For Smoking Cigarette on Delhi Streets


Zomato Delivery Boy Murdered For Smoking Cigarette on Delhi Streets



In another incident of brutal violence by Nihang Sikhs, a youth was killed in Delhi for allegedly smoking on the road. In the early hours of Wednesday, June 15, two Nihang Sikhs reportedly stabbed a food delivery executive in Delhi’s Tilak Nagar area over a petty issue. The 29-year-old deceased who has been identified as Sagar Singh worked as a delivery partner for the food delivery company Zomato.


Deputy commissioner of police (west) Ghanshyam Bansal said the police control room was informed about the incident at 12.30. When the local police reached the spot, residents told them that the victim has been taken to the hospital. Sagar was declared dead on arrival by doctors at the hospital, he added.

“The victim, Sagar Singh, was stabbed in his chest. Initial probe showed that Singh had a quarrel with two people after which he was stabbed,” the DCP said.

He said that based on the information gathered during the probe, the police arrested Harshdeep Singh, 22, a resident of nearby Chander Vihar, and the knifeused in the murder was recovered from him. Both suspects are Nihangs, an Sikh warrior order, the police said.


Reacting to the incident, a Zomato spokesperson said: “The incident is unfortunate, to say the least. We are in touch with the family of the bereaved and have extended all possible support that we can.”

However, the local residents, Sagar's family and another Zomato delivery agent who called the ambulance were cited in the report as saying that the two accused picked up a fight with Sagar since he was smoking.





Notably, this is not first such incident involving Nihang Sikhs as earlier on 15 October last year, a mutilated body of Lakhbir Singh, a Dalit man from Punjab's Tarn Taran, was found at the Singhur border. Lakhbir Singh was tied to a barricade and his hand was chopped off.

Nihang Sikhs admitted to brutally lynching the man and claimed he was killed for committing 'sacrilege' of 'holy book' of Sikhs. They were felicitated at a guruduwara before surrendering to police.

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