On Thursday, Online food delivery platform Zomato said it will provide a job to Sucheta Tripathi, wife of its delivery partner Salil Tripathi who died in a road accident last week. Furthermore, an insurance grant of Rs 10 lakh, besides its employees contributing Rs 12 lakh towards the family’s future will also be provided.
What did the Zomato Company say?
Zomato Founder Deepinder Goyal tweeted, “We are deeply aggrieved by the death of our delivery partner Salil Tripathi in an unfortunate road incident. We are extending all possible support to help the family get through this.”
Sharing steps taken by the company so far, he said, “Our team is personally assisting the family at the moment and we have been at the hospital since the night of the accident and have already helped with the ongoing expenses (e.g. funeral e,xpenses, etc).”
“After the family is past the grieving, we will make every effort to provide a job to Salil’s wife Sucheta (depending on whether she wants in) so that she can run the household and support her 10-year-old son’s education going forward,” he added.
What happened?
The 38-year-old Salil was killed after being allegedly hit by the vehicle of a policeman. The policeman was doubted to be under the influence of alcohol in northwest Delhi’s Rohini. The family later has sought justice for him and a government job for his wife as people from different cities offered financial support.
