A supply boy, who’s claimed to be 7 years previous, not too long ago took up his father’s job as a Zomato supply agent to assist his household, in accordance with a viral video shared by a Twitter consumer. In the video, the boy is seen telling the particular person filming that he attends his college within the morning, and works as a meals supply boy for Zomato after 6pm. The father was stated to have met with an accident because of which the 7-year-old needed to fill in his father’s sneakers. Zomato Care, firm’s official assist web page, additionally responded to the tweet.

Twitter consumer Rahul Mittal (@therahulmittal) not too long ago shared a video of a younger boy, who was working as a meals supply agent for Zomato. The title of the boy was not disclosed within the tweet or the video, which claims he’s seven years previous — the corporate later referred to the boy as a 14-year-old. The boy purportedly instructed Mittal that he’s working rather than his father after he met with an accident. He additional stated that he even attends his college within the morning and works as a Zomato as a meals supply boy after 6pm.

In the video, the boy may be heard telling Mittal that he works until 11pm and cycles round to ship the meals. He may also be seen holding a half-empty field of chocolate and a bag on his again, presumably to hold the meals for deliveries. Zomato care, firm’s official assist web page, additionally replied asking for the main points of boy’s father. The video garnered about 91,300 views because it was posted to Twitter.

A Zomato spokesperson instructed Gadgets 360, “We are thankful to the internet community for bringing this to our notice. There are multifold violations here — child labour and misrepresentation, and we’ve educated the family on these grounds while not taking any strict action on this, keeping in mind the situation the family is in.” The spokesperson additionally stated that Zomato has additionally supplied to assist the schooling of the boy.

“The father onboarded on Zomato publish his accident; subsequently, the unintentional assist we provide to our energetic supply companions can’t be prolonged to him. As an exception and on humanitarian grounds, our groups have prolonged no matter assist was attainable within the stated scenario,” the Zomato spokesperson added. While Mittal’s tweet claims that the boy was seven years old, Zomato’s statement suggested that he was a 14-year-old instead.

In another tweet, Mittal has shared an update. The boy has alleged that Zomato has now frozen his father’s account and he is unable to work, according to Mittal, who also said that Zomato has provided some financial help to the family and will unfreeze father’s account once he has recovered and is fit to take up work.