7-Year-Old Works As Zomato Delivery Boy, Netizens Divided Over Viral Video

A viral video has been doing the rounds on social media wherein it can be seen that a boy is working as a Zomato delivery executive. The boy's identity is unknown yet, and he is said to have taken up his father's job, who met with an accident.

The video was released by Rahul Mittal, and he claimed that the boy is 7 years old. He urged Zomato to support the boy's family after the accident of his father, who also works as a delivery agent for Zomato.

Reactions By Netizens

50,000 people have watched the video, and the count is increasing. The boy's resilience at such a young age moved Twitter users, who applauded him for stepping up to take care of his family during a time of need.

In the video, it can be seen that Mittal asks the boy why he is doing this. The boy could be seen in the video sharing details about his working hours and that he uses a bicycle to deliver food to homes.

"This 7 year boy is doing his father job as his father met with an accident the boy go to school in the morning and after 6 he work as a delivery boy for @zomato we need to motivate the energy of this boy and help his father to get into feet #zomato," Mittal said in his tweet, tagging the food delivery giant, as reported by NDTV.

Questions Raised On Child Labour

Zomato replied to the tweet, asking Mittal to share more details about the boy to help him.

The boy goes on to say that he cycles door-to-door from 6 pm-11 pm to deliver food after finishing school in the morning.

Certain users raised concerns associated with child labour, while many offered to help. Zomato has further tweeted to ask details about the boy so that the company can extend help and look into the ethical concerns closely.

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