Zomato delivery agent by the name of Kamaraj made the headlines recently for allegedly hitting a Bengaluru-based woman. After the video of Instagram influencer went spread like wildfire on the internet, the Zomato delivery boy was arrested on the charges of attacking a woman on March 10. Later, he was granted conditional bail the next day.
In a recent statement statement, Kamaraj alleged that Bengaluru-based Instagram influencer identified as Hitesha was acting rude and smashed him with a slipper. Kamaraj added that he was only “defending himself” by pushing her hands away. “She had a ring on her finger and this hit her nose. You can see the ring in the video she has posted on social media,” Kamaraj added in a statement.
A video clip of Kamraj adding that that he has no intention of lodging a complaint against anyone has became viral on the internet. In the video, the boy can be seen shedding tears and begging to get his job back.
“I have no intention of filing a complaint against anyone. Because the only thing I want is just to live my life peacefully. I request you to help me out to get out of this case. I want to return to my job. My father passed away 15 years ago,” says Kamaraj in the video.
Parineeti Chopra voices her support for the Zomato delivery agent
Parineeti Chopra was the first Bollywood actress to come out in support of the Zomato delivery boy. She has even requested Zomato India to “publically report the truth” because nobody knows what’s happened behind the scenes.
Chopra took to Twitter and chipped in with their opinion. “Zomato India – PLEASE find and publicly report the truth. If the gentleman is innocent (and I believe he is), PLEASE help us penalise the woman in question. This is inhuman, shameful and heartbreaking .. Please let me know how I can help. #ZomatoDeliveryGuy @zomatoin”.
Besides that, she also put up an Instagram Story to support the Zomato delivery man. She posted a pic of Zomato delivery boy and wrote “FIND THE TRUTHHH!! If this man has been framed for no reason, the woman who did this NEEDS to pay for his pain! F***.”