Ladakh stand-off: Zomato employees burn company T-shirts in protest

A group of Zomato food delivery platform employees in Kolkata tore and burnt ir official T-shirts on Saturday in protest against killing of 20 Indian soldiers by Chinese Army in Lakh last week.

During protest at Behala, some of m claimed that y h quit ir job as Zomato has a sizeable Chinese investment and urged people to stop ordering food via company.

In 2018, Ant Financial, part of Chinese major Alibaba, h invested USD 210 million in Zomato for a 14.7-per-cent stake. food delivery major recently raised an ditional USD 150 million from Ant Financial.

"Chinese companies are making profit from here and attacking Army of our country. y are trying to grab our land. This cant be allowed," one of protesters said.

Ar protester said y were rey to starve but would t work in companies having investment from China.

In May, Zomato laid off 520 employees or 13 per cent of its workforce in a huge retrenchment exercise due to vel coronavirus pandemic.

re was immediate reaction from Zomato and wher protesters were among those who were retrenched was t kwn.

Twenty Indian Army personnel, including a colonel, were killed in a fierce clash with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in eastern Lakh on June 15.

(Representative im. Photo: PTI)