‘Beauty Influencer’ Hitesha Chandranee who had accused Zomato delivery executive Kamaraj of assaulting her which resulted in him losing his job as a result, now has an FIR lodged against her name.
With growing awareness among the people and the netizens standing up for the Zomato delivery executive, tables seem to have turned on Hitesha as an FIR has been lodged against her. Hitesha has been booked under sections 355 (assault), 504 (insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
Though Hitesha had accused Kamaraj of assaulting her, Kamaraj had a different truth to tell. “I don’t want to make it more complicated, let the truth win. If not, I will fight it legally. I have a mother with co-morbid conditions, my father died 15 years back, I am the only breadwinner for my family. I am working in Zomato for the past 26 months with 4.7 ratings. As of now, the company has blocked my ID until this case completes and assured of taking it back once the matter resolves,” said Kamaraj, according to ANI.
“After I reached her apartment door, I handed her the food and I was expecting her to pay me (as she had opted for cash on delivery mode of payment),” he added.
“I also apologised since the delivery was delayed due to traffic and bad roads. But she was very rude from the outset. She asked me ‘Why are you late?’ I replied apologetically, as there were road blocks due to ongoing civic works and there were traffic jams as well. But she kept on insisting that the order has to be delivered within 45-50 minutes. I am working on this job for more than two years and this is the first time that I have had to go through this kind of an ordeal,” added the suspended Zomato delivery executive.
Kamaraj claimed that Chandranee took the food from him but refused to pay for the same. “At this point, she called me a ‘slave’ and then she started shouting ‘What can you do?’ In the meantime, Zomato support told me that they have cancelled the order from their end based on her request and I asked her to return the food but she did not cooperate,” he added.
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He also alleged that he was abused by Chandranee as he said, “At this point when I was walking towards the lift, she started using expletives in Hindi. She suddenly threw slippers at me and started hitting me. For my safety, when she was hitting me, I tried to use my hand to shield her blows.”
Claiming that it was a self-inflicted injury, he said, “At this point, when she was trying to push my hand away, she accidentally hit herself with her finger ring on the nose, which led to the bleeding. Anybody who sees her face will understand that this wouldn’t be created by a punch. And I don’t wear any rings.”
The entire incident has once again brought to light the issue of men being framed by women and them being instantly criminalised but this time, the netizens showed their awareness and stood for the Zomato delivery executive by trending the #MenToo. However, the tables now appear to have turned on Hitesha as an FIR has been lodged against her and if found guilty, the ‘beauty influencer’ would be behind the bars soon.