A Zomato delivery boy was beaten to death; the incident took place in the Kalibazar area....

The shock over the death of Dharmanagar delivery boy Prasenjit Sarkar has not yet subsided. The incident has caused widespread outrage not only in the state but across the entire North-Eastern region. Meanwhile, another delivery boy has been beaten to death.

The incident took place on Saturday night in the Tufania Lunga area near Kalibazar, under the Mohanpur subdivision. He succumbed to his injuries on Sunday night at GB Hospital. The deceased delivery boy has been identified as Prabir Shil, also known as Sourav, aged approximately 21 years.

According to reports, Prabir Shil had been working with the Zomato delivery service for the past seven months. On Saturday, he did not go to work and did not return home in the afternoon. In the evening, his father Pranab Shil returned home and did not find him there. He then tried calling his son on his mobile phone. The first call went unanswered. When he called a second time, another young man answered and informed him that Prabir Shil was being assaulted and that his scooter had been vandalized. He further said that the incident was taking place in the Tufania Lunga area in front of the Kalibazar Electricity Department office.

Upon receiving the information, Pranab Shil immediately rushed to the spot. They found Prabir Shil lying on the road in a critically injured condition and took him to GB Hospital. On Sunday night, while undergoing treatment at GB Hospital, Zomato delivery boy Prabir Shil succumbed to his injuries.

On Monday, standing in front of the GB Hospital morgue, the victim’s father Pranab Shil stated that he did not know why his son had gone to the Kalibazar area. However, during treatment, his son had told him that a person named Badu Bhai had misled him and taken him to that place. He also mentioned the names of a few others, but could not say anything more. The father further stated that there were injury marks all over his son’s body.

The brutal murder of an innocent delivery boy has sparked widespread outrage in various quarters. Police have started an investigation into the incident, but so far there has been no report of any arrests.