National Commission for Scheduled Castes sends notice to Zomato, Delhi Police and YouTube over ‘casteist’ advertisement

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has now issued a notice to Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal over an “inhuman” and casteist While the food-delivery platform withdrew its Action taken report sought The NCSC has also sent copies of the notice to the Commissioner, Delhi Police, and the Grievance Redressal Officer of YouTube India, saying that they launch their own investigations into this episode and submit action taken reports as soon as possible. Zomato launched the According to the notice, the NCSC has asked the Delhi Police if any FIR had been registered in the matter and whether provisions of the SC/ST Act had been invoked in the FIR. Similarly, the commission has also asked YouTube India where the ‘Inhuman depictions’ A statement from the NCSC said that Chairperson Vijay Sampla had personally taken up this matter. In a video statement released on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Sampla said, “The ad film of Zomato company portrayed inhuman depictions and has hurt sentiments of Scheduled Caste persons.” The NCSC chairperson added that several complaints had also been received from citizens about the In the notice, the commission has cautioned that if the action taken reports are not presented to it at the earliest as sought, it may go on to invoke its powers as a civil court and issue summons to the persons concerned.