NEW DELHI: A 38-year-old food delivery executive was killed when his motorcycle was hit by a car driven by a constable in Budh Vihar of Rohini district on Saturday.
The accused has been apprehended. The kin of the deceased claimed that the policeman, posted with Budh Vihar police station, was drunk when the incident occurred.
The PCR got a call at 10pm about the incident near D Mall. A police team found that the accused constable had hit a DTC bus and the motorcycle. “The bike rider was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead and the constable was apprehended,” said an officer.
The deceased, Salil Tripathi, was a native of Uttar Pradesh and lived with his wife, child and mother in Budh Vihar. A video shot by locals showed one of them saying that the driver (constable) was drunk. A senior officer said they were waiting for the medical report to ascertain his drunkenness.
A relative of the deceased, Rahul Tripathi, claimed negligent driving led to the incident. Salil was the sole breadwinner of his family. “He was working as a delivery boy. Last year, he lost his father to Covid-19. He was also affected by the disease, but recovered,” he added.
Salil earlier worked as a supervisor with a restaurant in Hudson Lines, but lost his job due to the pandemic. He was very depressed, the relative claimed. Last year, he started working as a Zomato delivery man and was earning Rs 7,000-8,000 per month. At the time of the incident, he was out for delivery.
