CCTV footage helps cops nab 20-year-old man who murdered delivery boy after failing to pay for used iPhone

Karnataka police arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly killed a Flipkart delivery partner who came to deliver an iPhone at Karnataka's Haasan district, reported The Hindu. Authorities informed that the accused kept the body at his home for three days before burning it in an attempt to avoid being charged with murder, News 18 reported.

The incident happened on February 7th in Arsikere taluk, when the accused, Hemanth Dutt, got delivery of an iPhone that he had bought.

According to reports, the accused stabbed the delivery person as he did not have money to pay for his order. The delivery boy Hemanth Naik had been missing since the incident occurred. The following day, his brother Manju Naik had filed a complaint with Arsikere Town police after which his body was found near the railway track at Anchekoplu in Arsikere taluk.

When Hemanth Naik arrived at Hemanth Dutt's house to deliver the used iPhone, the suspect ordered the delivery boy to sit inside his house, according to the police.

He promised to return shortly with the money from his room. Instead, Dutt reportedly attacked the delivery boy many times with a knife, News 18 reported.

Following the event, the accused kept the deceased corpse tied up in a gunny bag at his home for three days. He intended to burn the body somewhere on the outskirts of town.

Dutt was preparing to dispose of the body. To eliminate evidence, he purchased gasoline and rode the dead body to a local train station on his two-wheeler, where he poured petrol on the body and set it on fire. He was apprehended owing to CCTV evidence that showed him both buying gasoline and transporting the deceased corpse, News 18 reported.