Do we have heart to get free pizza from kid who is risking his life, asks Compol

Team Udayavani, Jan 22, 2020, 1:02 PM IST

Bengaluru: Bengaluru city police commissioner Bhaskar Rao has tweeted a warning to food delivery companies for risking the lives of their delivery boys by promising the delivery of food in less than 30 minutes.

Taking to Twitter Bhaskar Rao wrote, “Do we have the heart to get a free pizza from a kid who is risking his life just because he crossed over 30 mns. Am seriously considering asking Pizza companies to make it 40 mns as these kids risk their lives by breaking all Traffic rules.”

Do we have the heart to get a free pizza from a kid who is risking his life just because he crossed over 30 mns. Am seriously considering asking Pizza companies to make it 40 mns as these kids risk their lives by breaking all Traffic rules.

— Bhaskar Rao IPS (@deepolice12) January 21, 2020

In response Swiggy tweeted this:

Hi there, we understand your concern. We do not condone traffic violations of any nature. If you witness the same, please highlight it to us by contacting us at 080-46866699. Have a good day ahead.

^Meg

— Swiggy Cares (@SwiggyCares) January 21, 2020

Then as a response to Swiggy’s tweet, the Commissioner furiously tweeted this warning:

Mr Swiggy Cares, you are the biggest violators and have the temirity to tell me that you adhere to rules, your boys beg cops to let them go as you penalize them, next time a Swiggy kid bleeds on road, be sure, you management will be behind bars.

— Bhaskar Rao IPS (@deepolice12) January 21, 2020

Twitterati responses poured, many supporting the Commissioner and many laughing at the Commissioner for asking the companies to increase the time by a mere 10 minutes.

Food delivery companies such as Swiggy, Zomato and other restaurants franchises have a policy of delivering food to their customers in less than thirty minutes else it’s delivered for free. This policy has caused many delivery executives of these companies to violate traffic rules mainly jumping a signal.

Many Twitterati claimed that the Police Department need not waste time warning these companies on Twitter. If anytime a delivery executive violates any rules, police have to just give a phone call and the company’s management will have to appear at the police station.