At their tiny home in Uttar Nagar, the family of Pandav Kumar is trying to pick up the pieces days after his murder, amid a stream of visitors, and a wait for their demands to be fulfilled.

Kumar was a Zomato delivery worker who was shot dead in the early hours of April 26 by constable Neeraj Balhara of the Delhi Police Special Cell. Reportedly drunk at the time, the constable allegedly opened fire at Kumar and his friend as they hailed from Bihar. Pandav died but his friend Kishan Patel, who was struck by the same bullet, is undergoing treatment at the Rao Tula Ram Hospital.

Pandav was returning home from celebrating the birthday of his friend’s son when the incident occurred at Jaffarpur Kalan village in south west Delhi. He is survived by his parents, younger brother Vikas Kumar, an elder sister, and his younger sister's daughter (niece).

Pandav’s cousin, Rahul, told Newslaundry: “He was the only earning member in the household. His brother, Vikas, suffers from tuberculosis, and as a result, he had to drop out of school. Pandav moved to Delhi in 2008-09 after completing Class 10. Their family hails from the Khagaria district of Bihar.”

Since the incident, Pandav's family has been staging a sit-in protest outside their home in Prajapati Colony in Uttam Nagar, demanding a government job for the family, compensation of Rs 1 crore, and the death penalty for the accused. “There has been a constant stream of visitors coming and going at our home. We even went........

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