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Madya Pradesh: Following the arrest of Amazon’s executive directors in the online delivery of marijuana cases by the Bhind police in Madhya Pradesh, a man has filed a complaint with the Indore district collector alleging that the portal delivered poisonous substance to an online order, resulting in his son’s suicide.
Aditya, the son of Ranjeet Verma, a native of Indore’s Lodhi Colony, committed suicide on July 29 by ingesting poison. Aditya had purchased the drug online, it was later discovered.
Verma complained to the collectorate during a public hearing in Indore on Tuesday, claiming that Amazon made ‘Celphos’ easily available to his son, Aditya, through an online order. Verma was holding the delivery bundle and other documentation from his son, an 18-year-old fruit trader, who had completed an online deal. Aditya had placed an order for four packets, according to Ranjeet.
In an interview with the media, Verma claimed that Celphos would not have been readily available in any pharmacist or other store, but that it was quickly supplied when his son placed an internet order.
The father claimed that his son Aditya had placed the order on July 22 and that he has the order number and other information, which he has sent to the collector.
Some youngsters also protested at the collectorate, accusing Amazon of selling drugs, wine, and now poison to children via the internet, and demanding that such e-commerce portals be prohibited.
In a press conference, Indore Collector Manish Singh confirmed that he had received a complaint against Amazon and that anyone from Amazon’s side who was proven culpable in the case would be charged under the National Security Act.
The corporation has lately been under fire when some guys used a fictitious GST number and an unauthorised firm to sell marijuana worth over Rs 1 crore online after registering as an Amazon vendor. The Bhind police had booked executive directors of the company as co-accused in the case on Saturday, accusing them of non-cooperation in the investigation