Cook shot dead in fight over taste of kababs in UP’s Bareilly

The incident took place on Wednesday night after two men ordered chicken and kababs at a food stall and then refused to pay the bill of Rs 120, claiming the kababs were not good. The police said the accused were arrested.

The police identified the deceased as Naseer Ahmad, who is survived by his wife and six-year-old daughter. (File photo)

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A 40-year-old cook working at a food cart in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly was allegedly shot dead on Wednesday night by a customer who was unhappy with the taste of the kababs he was served and refused to pay for the meal.

The incident took place in Priyadarshni Nagar under the Prem Nagar police station limits. According to the police, two people drove to the stall in an SUV, ordered chicken and kababs and then refused to pay the bill of Rs 120, claiming the kababs were not good. This led to a heated argument between the stall owner and the men. The cook intervened and was shot in the head, a police officer said.

The police identified the deceased as Naseer Ahmad, who is survived by his wife and six-year-old daughter.

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The food cart owner, Ankur Sabharwal, submitted a complaint to the police, based on which an FIR was registered at Prem Nagar police station. “I own a kabab and chicken corner near the BDA office. Naseer Ahmad, who was a resident of Jagatpur, used to work at my stall. On May 3 around 10.30 pm, two people came in a car…and ordered kababs and chicken. They started arguing over the taste of the food and started using abusive language. Both of them seemed inebriated. One of the persons suddenly shot my cook, and fled with the car,” Sabharwal said in his complaint.

“One of the accused fired a bullet into the head of the deceased. With the help of the car registration details, the two accused have been identified and they have been arrested,” Bareilly SP (City) Rahul Bhati said in a statement.

Speaking to the media on Thursday, Naseer Ahmad’s brother Mohammad Nanhe said, “The customers ate the food and said, ‘Mazaa nahi aaya (they didn’t enjoy it)’. The only issue was that the accused were asked to pay for their food.”

Asad Rehman

Asad Rehman is with the national bureau of The Indian Express and covers politics and policy focusing on religious minorities in India. A journalist for over eight years, Rehman moved to this role after covering Uttar Pradesh for five years for The Indian Express. During his time in Uttar Pradesh, he covered politics, crime, health, and human rights among other issues. He did extensive ground reports and covered the protests against the new citizenship law during which many were killed in the state. During the Covid pandemic, he did extensive ground reporting on the migration of workers from the metropolitan cities to villages in Uttar Pradesh. He has also covered some landmark litigations, including the Babri Masjid-Ram temple case and the ongoing Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute. Prior to that, he worked on The Indian Express national desk for three years where he was a copy editor. Rehman studied at La Martiniere, Lucknow and then went on to do a bachelor's degree in History from Ramjas College, Delhi University. He also has a Masters degree from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia. ... Read More

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