The Bhandup police have arrested six men, including three co-workers of a 23-year-old delivery agent, for allegedly driving the youth to die by suicide after threatening, harassing, and pressuring him to deliberately reject parcels and hand them over to them. The victim, a Bhandup resident, was found dead at his home on Wednesday after weeks of abuse and intimidation, the police told mid-day. According to the FIR filed by the victim’s family on Friday morning, the deceased worked as a delivery agent for an American multinational company with an office in Mulund.

In his statement to the police, the victim’s younger brother said he had noticed his sibling appearing troubled and anxious for about a month, particularly after returning from work. He added that several men would come to their residence and shout at the victim over repayment of money. When the family confronted them, the men claimed that the victim had failed to return Rs 75,000 for some delivered products. The victim’s father then arranged the money and handed it over to two of the men, later identified as Sonu Yadav, 29, and Chetan Gautam, 34.

As per police, accused intended to make victim a scapegoat. Pic/iStock