Delivery Rider Gets Knocked With a Metal Rod By Customer’s Husband After Quarrel and having 9 Stitches on head
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A delivery rider in Penang was recently attacked with a metal rod by a customer’s husband where the incident took place in the compounds of an apartment building on Tuesday, 20 April.
Northeast Penang Island District police chief ACP Soffian Santong said that the 40-year-old rider was delivering food to a woman around 4.10 pm. Where the rider arrived, he called the customer several times so she could pick up her order but his call was left unanswered. The woman showed up 10 minutes later and the rider has left and 20 minutes later the woman’s husband contacted the rider that he wanted to return the food.
When the rider arrived, a fight ensued between him and the suspect and the suspect accused the rider of scolding his wife during the delivery and he hit the rider using a metal rod. The rider then sustained injuries to his head and received nine stitches. He filed a police report and the suspect was arrested at his home around 11.15 pm last night on 21 April.
The metal rod used as a weapon to hit the victim was confiscated. The case is being investigated under Section 324 of the Penal Code and a remand application will be made in order to further investigate the case.
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