is there a way to remove a contact in android using adb shell command?

I would like to know if there is another way in removing or deleting a specific contact in android using adb shell command. what I tried so far is adb shell "am start -a android.intent.action.DELETE content://contacts/people/<contact-id>" but its returning Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.DELETE dat=content: } Error: Activity not started, unable to resolve Intent { act=android.intent.action.DELETE dat=content: flg=0x10000000 }. Please advice if there are any alternatives from the intent that i am using.