Delivery Agent Murdered in Lucknow, Body Found in Canal

Delivery Agent Killed by Customer in Lucknow, Body Packed into Delivery Bag
A delivery agent was killed by a customer, and his body was disposed of in a canal in Lucknow. The main accused, along with his accomplices, packed the agent’s body into the same bag in which he had delivered phones.

According to Lucknow police, the 30-year-old delivery agent Bharat Prajapati was killed when he went to deliver phones worth nearly Rs 1 lakh to a customer. After killing the delivery man, the accused tried completing his orders to avoid suspicion.

On September 23, Bharat Prajapati went to deliver Google Pixel and Vivo phones ordered by accused Himanshu Kanaujia, who had opted for the cash-on-delivery payment method. Before reaching the location, Prajapati called Kanaujia, who then brought Gajanan, the main accused, into a conference call. They asked him to deliver the phones to Kanaujia’s home in the Chinhat area.

Prajapati was last seen on CCTV at around 2:30 PM on September 23, while on his way to Kanaujia’s home.

At Kanaujia’s home, Gajanan and another accused, Akash, killed Prajapati by strangling him. They packed his body into a sack, the same one in which Prajapati had delivered the phones, placed it in a white car, and disposed of it in the Indira Canal.

The accused men also tried to deliver the remaining items in Prajapati’s bag as per his task list to avoid suspicion, according to the police.

Prajapati’s family reported him missing on September 25 when he didn’t return home. Police launched an investigation and traced Gajanan’s number through Prajapati’s call records. While Kanaujia and Akash have been apprehended, Gajanan remains at large. During questioning, Akash confessed to the crime, revealing that he and Gajanan had planned to rob Prajapati of the valuable smartphones.

Notably, Gajanan worked with Prajapati in a company for two months. According to Prajapati’s brother, Prem Kumar, they were not friends and had no disputes.

Gajanan was sacked from the company for committing a fraud of Rs 2.5 lakh, Prem Kumar said.

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