A 28-year-old Indian man from Telangana, who was working part-time as a pizza delivery executive in the United States, was shot dead when he went to a location in Philadelphia to deliver pizza - in what is alleged to be a fake order.
The victim, identified as Anshul Kuncha, was employed with a multinational company and used to work part-time as a pizza delivery executive on weekends to earn extra income.
On Saturday night, he received a 'fake' delivery order to a deserted location. When he reached, an unidentified man opened fire and shot Anshul multiple times in the head before fleeing the scene.
According to Anshul's family, nothing was stolen from him - raising questions about the motive behind the killing. Reports cited by the family indicate that two masked gunmen carrying backpacks were seen in the area around the time of the attack.
They also said that Anshul had previously been the victim of a robbery in the US, during which his chain, phone, and cash were stolen, but he had never faced a life-threatening attack before.
Anshul's sister, Tanvi, alleged that the pizza delivery was a "trap" meant to "kill him".
"He was told to deliver pizza in an abandoned area, but we later learned it was a decoy. There was no one there; it was a trap, meant solely to kill him. We do not know what they gained or what their intentions were. They took my brother and killed him," she said.
