Lucknow: Delivery Agent Directed To Wrong Location Before Being Murdered

The Flipkart delivery boy's body, which is yet to be found by police, was stuffed in a gunny sack and dumped in Indira Nagar.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh):In a shocking revelation in the case of the murder of the 30-year-old delivery agent here who went to deliver an iPhone worth nearly Rs 1 lakh to a customer on October 1, an audio clip surfaced on Wednesday in which the accused can be heard directing the victim to a wrong location. Police have made two arrests in the case.

Bharat Sahu, who worked as a delivery partner with Flipkart, went to deliver the phone ordered by the accused Himanshu Kanaujia on September 23. Kanaujia opted for the COD (Cash on Delivery) payment option when placing the order.

Before reaching the location, Sahu called Kanaujia, who brought in Gajanan Dubey, the main accused, on a conference call. As per the audio clip that has surfaced recently, Dubey directed Sahu to come to Akash's house, another accused in the case, where Sahu was strangled to death with the wire of a laptop charger.

During interrogation, Akash confessed to the crime, revealing that he and Dubey had planned to rob Sahu of the expensive phone. Police traced Dubey after interrogating Akash and arrested him.

Dubey, a resident of Chinhat, had earlier worked as a delivery boy and was aware of their workflow. He hatched the plan and ordered the iPhone from his neighbour, Kanaujia's Flipkart account and later planned to kill Sahu.

"On September 23, delivery boy, Bharat Sahu of Nishatganj, went to deliver the iPhone at Akash's place where he was killed by Dubey and his accomplice. After strangulating Sahu, they put his body in a sack and disposed of it in the Indira Canal," Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Shashank Singh said.

After Sahu didn't return for two days, his family lodged a missing person report on September 25. Sahu's brother has sought justice for his death and demanded that strict punishment should be meted out to the accused. "My only demand is that the police should give such a punishment that serves as a lesson to them," he said

Police are trying to find Sahu's body with the help of the State Disaster Response Force and National Disaster Response Force. However, due to the rainy season, there is a strong current in the Indira Canal and it is assumed that the body has been swept away, police said.