Santa Costume Row: Right-Wing Activists Confront Food Delivery Agent

Bhopal: A video showing a food delivery agent being forced to remove a Santa Claus costume by the right-wing activists in Indore on Thursday went viral on social media, prompting the police to begin a probe into it. A man off camera in the video was heard questioning the agent as to why he was wearing the Santa Claus costume despite being a Hindu and whether he was dressing like Lord Ram during Hindu festivals such as Diwali while delivering food. The right-wing activist who confronted the food delivery agent was said to be Sumit Hardia, convener of Indore district unit of Hindu Jagaran Manch. The food delivery agent was apprehensive of losing his job if he defied the company’s policy by removing the Santa Claus costume, the right-wing activist told the media on Thursday.