Man torches wrong food delivery agent’s bike in Pune after argument

PUNE: A case of mistaken identity cost 26-year-old Madhav Gaikwad — a food delivery executive — his livelihood, when an unknown man set his two-wheeler on fire.
The incident occurred outside a food joint in Hinjewadi late on Tuesday night. Police said the man had an argument with another delivery executive employed with the same company at the same location.
“After noticing the bike with the food delivery company’s logo on the box fixed on the back seat, the man set it ablaze and fled,” an officer from the Hinjewadi police told TOI.
Gaikwad said, “My motorcycle is beyond repair. Since Wednesday, I have not been able to go for the work as I have no alternate mode of conveyance.” Narrating the entire incident, Gaikwad told TOI, “On Tuesday around 9pm, I had gone to a food joint in Hinjewadi, from where I had to pick up multiple orders. While parking my motorcycle, I noticed that a man was arguing with another delivery personnel, associated with the same company as mine. As I was in hurry, I ignored it and went to pick up the orders.”
When he came out, there was no one around and everything seemed to be in order. “After an hour, I was assigned another pick-up from a restaurant at the same spot. I reached there around 10pm. While I was waiting for the parcel, a person came to me and told me that my motorcycle had caught fire,” Gaikwad said.
Gaikwad said he was informed by locla residents that his motorcycle was set on fire by the person, who had been arguing with the delivery personnel some time ago.