Meesho sells Lawrence Bishnoi T-shirts, netizens say ‘Even Dawood Ibrahim did not have that reputation’

On-line purchasing platform Meesho is in scorching waters for promoting T-shirts and different merchandise that includes jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s face. A person shared the screenshots of the identical on X (previously Twitter).

The person wrote: “Individuals are actually promoting gangster merchandise on platforms like Meesho and Teeshopper. This is only one instance of India’s newest on-line radicalisation.”

He talked about that at a time when the police and different businesses are making  makes an attempt to cease children from becoming a member of gang crime, social media influencers are reportedly earning profits by glorifying gangsters. 

“Then there are creators who’re making wild desi YouTube motion pictures and YouTube songs imitating gangsters. These movies get tens of millions of views,” the person famous.

The screenshots shared by the person confirmed white T-shirts with Lawrence Bishnoi’s image and phrases like “Gangster” and “Actual Hero” printed. The T-shirts are up on the market on the net purchasing platform for Rs 168.

The submit went viral very quickly, with netizens condemning Meesho for promoting T-shirts and different merchandise that includes the jailed gangster. “Even Dawood Ibrahim did not have that stage of recognition,” a person commented. 

“Think about Dawood Ibrahim t-shirt getting offered at Meesho,” yet one more person stated. One other person wrote: “Disgrace on Meesho and related web sites. Disgrace!’ 

“This needs to be stopped, we won’t encourage the youthful technology to think about this gangster as heroes,” a 3rd person wrote. 

One other famous, “Meesho needs to be de-platformed.” “And a child additionally sporting his T-shirt. So incorrect,” a person identified. 

Bishnoi has been booked beneath the anti-terror regulation and is accused in additional than 70 prison circumstances. He’s in jail since 2015. He’s additionally accused of orchestrating the homicide of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and the current firing exterior Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residence. 

The Mumbai Police can also be probing Lawrence Bishnoi’s function within the homicide of NCP chief and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has additionally allegedly issued loss of life threats to the 10-year-old non secular orator Abhinav Arora.