The 18-year-old youth who was killed after being hit by an SUV on Monday morning during the firing incident in Burari undertook his last journey on Tuesday without his parents.
Raj Kumar, who was from Bihar and lived in Burari, worked as a welder in a shop in the area. He was cremated in the presence of relatives and friends on Tuesday evening, even as his parents, who live in Bihar, wait for his ashes.
Raj’s brother-in-law Upender Das said the teenager’s parents were unable to see him one last time because the relatives in Delhi did not have the means to preserve the body till their arrival. The relatives were handed over the body on Tuesday after the post-mortem.
“They [Raj’s parents] have been informed but how could we have kept the body for another day? We could not take it to Bihar as it would have started decomposing,” Mr. Das said.
Raj was sitting on his employer’s bike outside the shop on Monday when an SUV rammed the two-wheeler. The two persons in the SUV were allegedly running for their life at the time of the incident. A CCTV camera installed at a nearby shop captured the incident.
Raj, who suffered severe injuries to his arms and stomach, died during treatment at Sushrut Trauma Centre. The victim had studied till Class V and had been living in Delhi since the past few years with his younger brother.
16 bullet wounds
Meanwhile, 16-year-old Mukul, who was shot dead by alleged members of the Jitender Gogi gang, had sustained 16 bullet injuries, his family said. His post-mortem was conducted at Sabzi Mandi mortuary.
“The doctor at the mortuary told us that he had 16 bullet wounds. They [the accused] killed a child so brutally,” said Mukul’s paternal uncle Jasbeer. His body was taken to his Nangal Thakran residence for last rites.
Monetary help
The funeral of 37-year-old Sangeeta Sharma, who was shot dead during the firing incident as she was waiting for an autorickshaw, was attended by relatives and several locals on Tuesday.
A resident of Sant Nagar, Sangeeta is survived by two children and an ailing husband.
She was the sole breadwinner of the family.
Help poured in for Sangeeta’s kin as soon as the neighbours, non-profit organisations and people from the local market learnt about the family’s financial condition.
Sangeeta’s relative Anu (29), who lives in the same house, said that some NGO representatives had visited the family on Tuesday and gave them 12 post-dated cheques of ₹5,000 each to fund the education of Sangeeta’s two children — a 15-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old son.
“The neighbours collected money for her last rites. When we went to a shop to buy things for the last rites, the shopkeeper refused to take money,” she said.
Shopkeepers in Sant Nagar have collected around ₹30,000 for Sangeeta’s family. They have also made a video seeking help for the family. Sangeeta’s family, however, said they have not been approached by the shopkeepers so far.
