NEW DELHI: Guddu Prasad, a meals supply agent, was toiling additional hours to have the ability to ship cash residence for his father’s coronary heart remedy. He and his brother, who works as a waiter, have been having a tricky time saving cash for the aim. On Sunday, Guddu’s valiant efforts got here to an premature finish when he was killed, together with two others, in a automotive accident on Vikas Marg in east Delhi.
After 30-year-old Prasad's autopsy was performed at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital on Monday, his elder brother Krishan Prasad, who got here his native Ballia in Bihar, mentioned his sibling had come from Kolkata to Delhi in 2018, hoping for a greater life.
“Guddu had studied until Class XII,” mentioned Krishan. “He labored in a mall after which in another locations. Later, he bought a job as a meals supply govt. A portion of no matter cash he earned as wage was despatched residence for the remedy of our father,
Krishan mentioned it was for the primary time he was visiting the capital, and it was for the unhappy activity of taking his brother’s physique residence. "My dad and mom are in Ballia, our hometown, and have been attending a relative's marriage ceremony after I knowledgeable them about Guddu's dying," he mentioned.
The elder brother mentioned his mom always nervous about her son working the night time shift. "However Guddu advised her that as a result of summer time warmth, he had opted for deliveries at night time and in addition as a result of the site visitors was thinner then," disclosed Krishan. "He was very pleasant, type, hardworking and at all times regarded out for the household."
Guddu was the monetary spine of the household, separating cash for residence earlier than spending any on his personal wants in Delhi, in line with his elder brother. "Together with his dying, our again has been damaged," grieved Krishan. The third brother, Sunny Prasad, had additionally been killed in a street accident in Kolkata in 2015.
The uncle of the deceased govt, Shiv Prasad, mentioned, "There have been plans to get him married. We have been all comfortable about this, however that happiness has been snuffed out," he mentioned.
In keeping with the cops, when going via Guddu’s garments, they discovered a paper on which some cellphone numbers have been written. Police known as these numbers and one of many meals deliverer’s pals picked up the decision and recognized him. Later his household was knowledgeable in regards to the incident. A policeman added, "We additionally requested the meals supply firm in regards to the identification of the riders primarily based on the bike quantity."
When contacted in regards to the compensation to be paid to Guddu’s household, the spokesperson of the net meals supply platform mentioned the corporate had unintended insurance coverage protection for its staff and it might additionally present different monetary help.