Sameer Hussain, a 24-year-old delivery executive, died after being assaulted over a torn Rs 10 note
NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old delivery executive died on October 20, more than two weeks after he was allegedly slapped following a dispute over a torn Rs 10 note in east Delhi’s East Vinod Nagar. Sameer Hussain had called the police control room (PCR) at around 11.03pm on October 4, alleging that two residents had assaulted him after he refused to accept a torn currency note as payment for a delivery. In a video recorded during the investigation, Sameer recounted his version of the incident, saying he had gone to deliver coffee to an elderly customer who took around 10-15 minutes to arrange the payment. He was admitted to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital on October 5 and died on October 20. A medico-legal case was prepared shortly after midnight on October 5, and an FIR was registered at Kalyanpuri police station the same day. Following Sameer’s death, police added Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with abetment of suicide, to the case. The two arrested men have been identified as Rakesh alias Bunti (30) and Rampal Singh (65).
Police have arrested two men in connection with the case. Police later received information that Sameer had allegedly consumed a poisonous substance.