Lucknow man orders iPhone via cash-on-delivery mode, murders delivery boy after receiving it

Though the alleged incident took place on September 23, the police cracked the case on Monday and arested Gajendra and are on the lookout for his accomplice.

Lucknow: In a shocking incident a delivery boy of an e-commerce company was killed allegedly by a man after making delivery of a cell phone worth Rs. 1.5 lakh to him in Lucknow.

According to the police sources here, the man, identified as Gajendra Kumar, a resident of Chinhat area in the city, had ordered an iPhone worth Rs 1.5 lakh from an e-commerce company.

The mode of payment was cash on delivery.

Police said that a delivery boy, identified as Bharat Sahu, a resident of Nishat Ganj area, reached Gajendra's house in the evening to deliver the phone.

On being asked for payment, Gajendra and an acquaintance of his, who was also there, called Bharat inside the house and strangled him to death.

The duo then packed the body in a sack and threw it in the nearby Indira Canal.

Though the alleged incident took place on September 23, the police cracked the case on Monday and arested Gajendra.

A missing report was later lodged with the police by the family members of the deceased. The cops managed to nab the culprit after tracing the last call made by Bharat.

Police on Monday launched a search operation in the canal to trace the body, sources said. Divers were pressed into service to trace the body, police said.

A hunt was also launched to nab the acquaintance of Gajendra.