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Unpaid EMIs, an empty gas cylinder: Family of delivery agent shot dead by Delhi cop struggles for survival

The Indian Express·Alok Singh·29 days ago
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It is a single-room house with a cement floor. Along one wall stands a dilapidated wardrobe with a mirror. Two cupboards flank it on either side, stacked with bags and provisions. A thin rope is strung across another wall to hang clothes. On the opposite side of the room is a long white slab fitted with a burner stove, with a green gas pipe connected to a cylinder placed below. The cylinder, though, is empty. This room, located on the second floor of a two-storey building in the narrow lanes of Prajapati Colony in Delhi ’s Uttam Nagar, is home to four people. Until a week ago, it was home to five. On April 26, the fifth resident, Pandav Kumar (21), a food delivery worker, was shot dead allegedly by Delhi Police Head Constable Neeraj Balhara , posted with the Special Cell, following a heated exchange that reportedly involved a ‘Bihari’ slur. Inside the family single-story room. Pandav’s younger brother, Vikas, sits on the floor.…

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