Outrage appears over Lawrence Bishnoi tees on Meesho, eliminated after reaction|File Photo
Mumbai: The on the internet sale of tees with images imprisoned mobster Lawrence Bishnoi on preferred retail style system Meesho and Teeshopper has actually caused outrage with netizens condemning glamourising of offenders.
The listing stimulated outrage amongst social media sites customers slamming Meesho for offering items that proclaim offenders on its system.
A social media sites customer shared an article on X on November 4 that revealed tees with pictures of Bishnoi were up for grabs on Meesho for as reduced as INR 166. Some tees illustrated Bishnoi as “hero”, while others had words “gangster” published on them.
Filmmaker- reporter Alishan Jafri accentuated this concern, defining it as an instance of “India’s latest online radicalisation”.
He elevated issues on social media sites, keeping in mind that such product was being marketed not just on Meesho however likewise on various other systems like Flipkart, with rates as reduced as 168.
Jafri stressed that offering garments branded with Bishnoi’s similarity, consisting of the term “mobster” on some items, contributes to the glorification of criminal figures and further highlighted that certain products seemed to target children, raising alarms about potential influence on young minds.
The issue quickly snowballed into a public backlash with some users suggesting that Meesho should be “de-platformed” for promoting controversial merchandise, some of which targeted children.
In an official statement, the company said that it has removed the product from its website and remains ‘committed to providing a safe and trusted shopping’
“We have taken immediate action to deactivate the products. Meesho remains committed to providing a safe and trusted shopping platform for all our users,” the spokesperson said.
While the relevant keywords for the controversial merchandise on the E commerce platform not yield any results, suggesting that Meesho and Teeshoppers may have removed the items after backlash A Google search for the same products led to a Meesho page where the product was marked as ” unavailable.”
