She Hit Her Nose With Ring, Hit Me With Slipper: Zomato Delivery Guy Accused Of Attacking Woman

In a huge twist in the case of a Zomato delivery executive allegedly attacking a woman in Bengaluru, the accused has refuted the charges against him.

The delivery executive, identified as Kamaraj, was arrested by the Bengaluru Police on Thursday.

However, he has claimed innocence and stated that he, in fact, was the victim.

What he told the police

The accused told the police that he was delayed because there was a long queue at the restaurant. When he reached her house, Kamraj said that Chandranee refused to pay him the money and continued to talk to the Zomato¡¯s customer care executive to waive off the charges. When he asked for money, Kamraj said the verbal fight began and escalated.

Kamraj told Hindustan Times that fearing he would have to pay money for the food, he asked her for money.

¡°Since the order was cancelled, I was asked to pick up the food to return. When I was asked for the parcel back, she refused. As I insisted and took the food back, she began cursing in foul language and threw her sandals at me,¡± he alleged.

¡°As she was hitting me, I tried to block using my hands. When she tried to push my hand away, a ring on her finger hit her nose,¡± Kamraj said further.

He was booked under IPC section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt).

According to the police they have not been able to verify his claims and there were no CCTV cameras on the spot.

It all began when a Bengaluru woman named Hitesha Chandranee, posted a video on social media alleging that she was attacked by a Zomato delivery executive.

So guys this just happened to me yesterday
Pls support me @zomato @zomatoin @viralbhayani77 @sagarmaheshwari @ATSBB @bbcnewsindia @narendramodi @cnnbrk @AltNews @NBCNews @itvnews @DgpKarnataka @TV9Telangana pic.twitter.com/TBso6N23k3

¡ª Hitesha Chandranee (@HChandranee) March 10, 2021

Chandranee, who posted a video of her nose bleeding said, "So guys my Zomato delivery order was late and I was talking to the customer care executive. And meanwhile the delivery person just did this. He hit me, left me bleeding here and ran off."

Responding to her, Zomato in a statement said the delivery partner has been delisted from the app. "We can't emphasise how sorry we are, rest assured we'll take necessary actions to prevent such incidents from happening in the future."

along with assistance on the medical care required. We can't emphasise how sorry we are, rest assured we'll take necessary actions to prevent such incidents from happening in the future. (2/n)

¡ª zomato care (@zomatocare) March 10, 2021

Deepinder Goyal, the CEO of Zomato also issued a statement.

I want to chime in about the incident that happened in Bengaluru a few days ago. @zomato pic.twitter.com/8mM9prpMsx

¡ª Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) March 12, 2021

Kamraj, who was arrested by the police was later let out on bail.