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Delhi food delivery man dies after travelling 200 km on foot to reach home in Madhya Pradesh

The food delivery man’s family resides in a remote village in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district. He was still 100 km away when he complained of chest pain and soon collapsed, the police said. 

Delhi food delivery man dies after travelling 200 km on foot to reach home in Madhya Pradesh
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Agra, First Published Mar 29, 2020, 11:11 AM IST

Agra: A 39-year-old man, who had walked almost 200 kilometers from Delhi to reach his home in Morena, Madhya Pradesh, collapsed and died on the Delhi-Agra highway on Saturday.

The victim, identified as Ranveer Singh, had decided to walk home after the central government imposed a sudden national lockdown, ordering shops, restaurants and transport services to remain shut for a period of 21 days to curb the spread of coronavirus. He was working as a home delivery boy for a private restaurant in the national capital.

His family resides in a remote village in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district. He was still 100 km away when he complained of chest pain and soon collapsed, the police said after speaking to two men, who were accompanying Singh.

The police said that the victim collapsed near the Kailash turning of the National Highway-2, after which a local hardware store owner Sanjay Gupta rushed to the victim.

“Gupta made the victim lie down on a carpet and offered him tea and biscuit. The victim complained about chest pain and also called his brother-in-law Arvind Singh over phone to share his health condition. At around 6.30 pm, the victim passed away and local police was informed," said Arvind Kumar, Sikandra station house officer (SHO), according to a news report on News18. 

Singh had left for his native village on Friday morning on foot. The exhaustion from a 200-km walk could have lead to his chest pain. "On the entire NH-2 stretch, UP policemen are present with food packets and water for such persons but Ranveer's death is unfortunate," the SHO said.

The policemen took the victim's body for postmortem. The autopsy report is yet to be released.

He had been working in Delhi's Tughlakabad for the past three years and is survived by three children, including two daughters. He belongs to a family of farmers and was the key breadwinner for his family, the police said.

With Inputs from news agency 

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