The Madhya Pradesh police have reportedly taken action against the Jabalpur man who had cancelled his order because he was being provided with a Muslim rider.
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According to CNN News18, the police had asked the culprit- Amit Shukla for a written undertaking from the man that he would not spread ‘religious hatred’.
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According to reports, the police said that Shukla’s actions hurt religious sentiments and they would soon be sending him a notice asking him to explain his behaviour.
Even though no formal case has been filed yet, the police said that it had taken suo moto notice of Shukla’s Twitter post.
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Speaking to News18, Jabalpur SP, Amit Singh said:
We have issued a notice and it will be served to Amit Shukla. He’ll be warned if he tweets anything which is against ideals of Constitution. Action will be taken; he is on surveillance.
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Zomato had meanwhile, condemned the post and said that ‘Food has no religion. It is a religion’.
Later, founder of the company, Deepinder Goyal also tweeted about the matter.
We are proud of the idea of India – and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values.
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The matter has since become a talking point on all social media websites.
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