Sameer Hussain would have turned 24 on Wednesday, but days before his family could celebrate his birthday, he consumed poison and died. A delivery executive with Flipkart Minutes, Hussain was allegedly beaten for refusing to accept a torn Rs 10 note from a customer.
The incident occurred on October 4, around 10:30 pm, when Sameer Hussain went to deliver an order to one Rampal Singh in east Delhi’s Vinod Nagar.
“I know no complaint will be registered against him. I witnessed it last night. His wife asked him to apologise, but what’s the point? First you beat someone and then apologise. Perhaps now, after my death, someone will listen…If anything happens to me, these two will be responsible.
The incident occurred on October 4, around 10:30 pm, when Hussain went to deliver an order to one Rampal Singh in east Delhi’s Vinod Nagar. In a video recorded before consuming poison, Hussain recounted the incident and said the customer had taken around 15 minutes to arrange the cash for a coffee order worth approximately Rs 150. Police have added Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), pertaining to abetment of suicide, and are investigating the circumstances leading to Hussain’s death.
In another video, which he said was his suicide note, Hussain blamed the customer and his grandson, Rakesh, for the alleged abuse. Hussain described himself as “mentally very strong” but said he was disturbed following the alleged abuse. He claimed he had not told his family anything.
