Swiggy delivery boy steals Ind vs Eng tickets, claims Paatal Lok actress Swastika Mukherjee
Paatal Lok actress Swastika Mukherjee reported theft of two tickets for the India vs England match by a Swiggy delivery executive. Despite having the thief's details, Swiggy has not taken action, she alleged.
Paatal Lok actress Swastika Mukherjee recounted the theft of cricket match tickets by a Swiggy delivery agent. Complaining about the theft of two tickets, she said the passes were of India vs England cricket match that was scheduled to take place at Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
Hours before the cricket match, in a post on Instagram Swastika Mukherjee stated, “Two tickets for today’s India vs England match at Eden Gardens was stolen by a @swiggyindia genie executive yesterday.” Tagging the aggregator, she reflected on the depressing incident and wrote, “THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US TODAY, IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU TOMORROW! SHARE THIS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY.”
Alerting others about the theft, the actress said that the two tickets had to be delivered from New Town action area 2 to New Town action area 1. “It’s been 13 hours and the thief has not been caught despite the company having his details,” the post adds.
According to the Swastika Mukherjee, the order for the ticket delivery was placed at 6:30 pm on Tuesday. All was going normal as per the protocol to procure tickets from the platform until the delivery partner en route the final destination blocked the user mid-way. The delivery agent also blocked her other contact number and stopped taking calls from any of the two.
Meanwhile, the delivery partner marked the order delivered at 5:37 am. Disheartened and deceived by the theft, Swastika Mukherjee explained that these tickets were for a cricket fan who has never seen a live match before. Expressing frustration over the company's and police' inaction, she added, “He has traveled all the way from Kanpur to witness a match at Eden Gardens.”
Social media reaction
The post has gone viral and amassed over 2 thousand likes and several comments. A user commented, “Its a very common practice with Swiggy Genie. They have done it multiple times with expensive gifts being stolen along with important items, especially prevalent during festive times!”
Another user replied, “It’s only yesterday that @yamigautam also posted about @swiggyindia failing day by day! What shame!” A third user remarked, “This is not new,i have faced this in zepto and zomato also on prepaid orders.” A fourth user shared her experience, "I have faced the same few weeks back only with lndriver. And the authorities didn’t take any steps on this. There was lose of 10k almost."
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First Published:22 Jan 2025, 09:06 PM IST
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