#SalilTripathi, a 38-year-old restaurant manager, who also worked as a @zomato delivery executive to make ends meet for his family, died after a #DelhiPolice constable allegedly rammed his SUV into him. The incident took place in Rohini on Saturday night. 
Salil worked as a manager at Ricos in Hudson Lane and had taken on the #Zomato job to earn extra, said his family. Police said the constable, Zile Singh, allegedly rammed his car into Salil’s bike near Baba Saheb Ambedkar hospital before hitting a DTC bus.
Videos from the incident uploaded on social media show locals taking photos of the damaged car. Constable Singh is seen sitting inside in his police uniform and is surrounded by onlookers, who catch hold of him. Locals alleged he was speeding and driving rashly.
Until 2020 dawned, and the first #lockdown came. Tripathi lost his job in the first wave, his father in the second. And within a year, this hotel management graduate had become a Zomato delivery executive: indianexpress.com/article/cities…
#unemployment #pandemic
#unemployment #pandemic
According to DCP (Rohini) Pranav Tayal, the constable involved in Saturday’s accident, identified as Zile Singh, was arrested the same night. The police are also looking into claims by eyewitnesses that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time.
In many ways, the life of #SalilTripathi told the story of an entire nation’s workforce, its moorings lost in wave after wave of an unrelenting pandemic. And in so many ways, his death summed up the tragedy.
According to the family, #SalilTripathi worked 7-8 hours every day delivering food, and was earning Rs 8,000-Rs 10,000 a month based on the number of orders and the workload. Before #Covid, he was earning Rs 40,000-50,000 per month at the restaurant.
But all that’s of little consolation to the family. “What do I do now? I have lost him forever. My son keeps asking questions,” Sucheta said : indianexpress.com/article/cities…
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