Recently, a food delivery guy alleged that he was fired from his job after he declined to deliver mutton to a customer located near a temple in Delhi called Marghat Baba Hanuman Mandir.
Reportedly, the Swiggy delivery executive was assigned to deliver a mutton korma and naan to the customer, but he denied it as the location was close to the temple. However, some sources have stated that the delivery executive’s claim of losing his job due to this incident may not be entirely true.
Swiggy, the food delivery service app that the agent was working for, has reportedly refused having closed his ID, implying that he is still a part of their delivery team.
let’s find out what actually happened:
The Swiggy delivery boy refuses to deliver mutton near the Hanuman temple.
The incident took place on March 1 when Abhishek Sharma, the proprietor of a store named ‘Ram Kachoriwala’ located within the premises of the Marghat Baba Hanuman Mandir, placed an order for Mutton Korma and Nann from a restaurant via the Swiggy app.
However, the delivery agent, Sachin Panchal, refused to deliver the order citing that the delivery location was within the temple premises situated at Kashmiri Gate.
Reacting to it, the customer argued that the temple was 150 steps away from the shop and he had been regularly ordering non-vegetarian food via the app for delivery.
Nevertheless, the delivery person stick to his decision and said that he could not deliver the order since the shop was situated inside the four walls of the temple and served prasad to the devotees.
The delivery boy alleged that he lost his job
Followed by the complaint lodged by the customer, Sachin, the delivery executive from Swiggy, was contacted by customer care. However, Panchal firmly refused to deliver non-vegetarian food within the temple premises, stating that the customer offered prasad to the devotees and he did not want to deliver non-vegetarian food in a place where prasad was made and distributed.
Despite this, the customer care representative informed him that delivering food to the doorstep was company policy and that he was not doing anything wrong.
#HanumanMandir | Delivery agent for @Swiggy
was supposed to deliver an order of mutton korma and naan to a customer whose location was near the temple premises. However, he refused to deliver the non-vegetarian food item due to the customer’s locatio#AntiHindu #Hindumisia pic.twitter.com/RoWXUIj1J1
— Satyaagrah (@satyaagrahindia) March 7, 2023
The delivery guy went on to say that he was not an “adharmi” and would not enter to deliver the goods. According to reports, he threatened to release the call’s specifics to the public if compelled to do so.
On March 1, a customer had placed an order for mutton korma and naan from a restaurant in Karol Bagh. The customer’s delivery address was near Ram Kachori shop near Jamuna bazar Hanuman Mandir in Kashmere Gate.@Swiggy #AntiHindu #Hindumisia pic.twitter.com/QmaHG2RUby
— Satyaagrah (@satyaagrahindia) March 7, 2023
Unfortunately, Panchal’s principles allegedly resulted in him losing his job. There were protests in front of the temple.
Swiggy delivery boy who refused to deliver non veg inside temple premises has no regrets and says I did it for my Dharma..
That's precisely why #HinduphobicSwiggy shunted him out
Shame on @Swiggy#boycottswiggy pic.twitter.com/mOwGvByjJF
— Ritu #सत्यसाधक (@RituRathaur) March 8, 2023
What Swiggy has to say about this?
Swiggy denied the delivery boy’s claims and revealed he is still a part of their delivery team. The company’s representative also said that his ID is not closed, which means that they didn’t remove him. They also mentioned that he could be reluctant to accept orders going forward. He added,
We try to sensitize our delivery men as well as our customer care staff in all such matters
Temple authorities and religious organizations felicitated delivery boy
Food delivery agent speaking to a Swiggy customer argued against delivering order. He told the Swiggy executive that he will not deliver the mutton korma order as the delivery location was near the area where offerings or sweets and Kachori to god Hanuman are prepared each day. pic.twitter.com/veU1ItlNx5
— Satyaagrah (@satyaagrahindia) March 7, 2023
The delivery agent Sachin Panchal who was dismissed by Swiggy was honored by the temple board of Marghat Hanuman mandir on Tuesday for his commitment to upholding the sanctity of the holy shrine.
Pandit Vaibhav Sharma, the Marghat Baba Mandir in-charge and trustee, declared that the delivery agent’s service was a big message to those who believed that Hindus were sleeping and now they have awoken.
He further pledged to provide him with a job and welcomed him as a brother and sevadaar in the Hanuman temple premises.
Moreover, security personnel from the CRPF and Delhi Police were heavily deployed near the Ram Kachori shop, which was located adjacent to the ancient Hanuman temple, after the delivery app revealed its location.
A few days after the incident’s video went viral, the neighborhood’s residents and certain Hindu organizations forced nearby shops to shut down.
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