Amazon faced the ire of a section of Indian social media users selling some products, including clothing, footwear, and food items that feature images of the Indian flag.
Bhopal:
The government of Madhya Pradesh raise the objection and has directed the police to register an FIR against officials of the e-commerce website of Amazon and its owner for apparently selling products such clothes, food items including shoes, with the image of the Indian national flag, Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Tuesday.
Amazon faced the ire of a section of Indian social media users over merchandising some products, including apparel and food items that feature images of the Indian flag, with some saying that using the tricolor in such a way was an insult and a violation of the country’s flag code.
“It has come to my notice that our national flag is used on products being sold by the online e-commerce platform Amazon. It is intolerable that even it (the national flag) has been used on shoes,” Mr Mishra, who is the state government spokesman, told reporters here.
Prima facie, it is a violation of the National Flag Code, he said.
“I have directed Director General of Police (DGP) to file an FIR against Amazon’s officials and owner,” Mishra added.
Madhya Pradesh’s home minister has directed the police to file an FIR against Amazon not for the first time before also they have registered the FIR against Amazon
Mr Mishra had ordered the filing of an FIR in Last November against Amazon over the suicide of a youth from Madhya Pradesh who allegedly obtained poisonous sulphas (used as an agricultural fumigant and is poisonous) tablets through the e-commerce site.
in the Bhind district police also had registered an FIR against unnamed officials of Amazon India after breaking a gang that supposedly supplied ganja under the appearance of selling stevia (a natural sweetener) through the e-commerce portal.
Amazon had on Monday said it remains committed to taking required action against vendors who may have listed any non-compliant products.
Amazon.in is an e- commerce online marketplace where third-party vendors offer products for sale directly to customers, and as such is answerable for ensuring compliances associated with the sale of these products, it said.
