Amid ongoing protest over Sabarimala temple, Saudi Arabia has fired a Kerala based man for making derogatory remarks against women. The sacked man has been identified as Deepak Pavithram.
Deepak Pavithram — a Keralite man was working with Lulu Hypermarket in a middle east country Riyadh. He was sacked for allegedly making a misogynistic and inconsiderate remark against women on social media.
“We have a strict and zero tolerance policy with regard to our staff misusing social media to spread malicious or derogatory comments which might hurt religious sentiments,” V Nandakumar, Chief Communications Officer at Lulu Group quoted by Khaleej Times as saying.
“All GCC nations are home to a large cosmopolitan population from almost all countries in the world and we respect their sentiments, culture and religious beliefs,” Nandakumar said.
Kerala expats in the Gulf took to social media to express their appreciation for Yusuff Ali MA, chairman and managing director of Lulu Group, for taking a strong step against the derogatory remarks, the report said.
This was not the first time when Indian owned retail giant has sacked its employee for making insensitive remarks. In August, they had terminated the services of a Keralite expat in Oman after he posted distasteful comments about flood victims in Kerala.
The company took action against him despite an apology he had issued the next day, for the remarks.
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