Knives out over order delay in Telangana: Man, delivery boy hurt

HYDERABAD: A cook working for a family in Nanakramguda attacked a food delivery executive with a knife after which the latter turned the weapon on him on Thursday night. The two had got into an argument over a delayed order. Both suffered minor injuries and police registered two separate assault cases against them.
A Kakinada resident, Saisri, ordered sweets to be delivered from a city-based shop to her Nanakramguda-based friend Bhaskar through a food delivery app, according to Gachibowli police.
It was raining heavily and the delivery executive, Sk Amer took a wrong turn as he was not able to see the directions on his phone screen clearly and went in another direction towards RTC Crossroads.
Finally, after speaking to Saisri, Amer managed to reach the delivery location at Golf Ridge gated community in Nanakramguda around 6pm, two hours after the order was placed, Gachibowli inspector G Suresh said.
When Amer rang the door bell of the flat on the 18th floor, Shiva Prasad alias Aditya, who works as a cook at the flat owned by businessman Bhaskar, opened the door. Bhaskar was not at home at that time and Aditya picked up an argument with Amer for bringing the food two hours late.
"During the argument, Aditya lost his cool. He picked up a knife on the table nearby and attacked Amer and the latter suffered a cut injury on the webbing between his thumb and the point finger. Enraged, Amer snatched the knife and attacked Aditya, causing minor cut injuries on his shoulder, chest and face," the inspector said.
After the assault, the panicked food delivery executive fled from the gated community. Subsequently, Aditya and Amer lodged separate complaints with the police. "Bhaskar and his family were not at home when the incident happened. We have registered two separate cases under section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of the IPC against Aditya and Amer. We will issue them notices to record their statements," the inspector said.