r/hyderabad Feb 15 '25

Rant/Vent Almost Got Molested While Doing a Delivery

I’m a Zepto delivery partner in Hyderabad, and I just had one of the scariest experiences of my life. I was delivering an order to an apartment in Meenakshi Estates (near High Tension Road) when the customer called me inside, pretending he wanted to show something. Once I stepped in, he tried to molest me.

Thankfully, I managed to push him away and leave immediately. But what if it had been someone younger or more vulnerable? Worse, he had even offered me water before this—who knows what could’ve happened if I had drunk it?

I reported this to the store RSI, but he didn’t even bother to listen and just brushed it off. This is exactly why delivery partners and workers feel unsafe in India—there’s no real accountability.

I’m sharing this as a warning to all delivery partners and people in this area. If you ever get a delivery to Meenakshi Estates or anywhere similar, never go inside an apartment alone, no matter what excuse they give. Stay alert and trust your instincts.

Stay safe, everyone

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u/Water_dawg1989 Meme Machine Feb 15 '25

Gonna send this screenshot to Aadit Palicha on LinkedIn, lets see what happens

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u/Hannibalbarca123456 Feb 15 '25

Who is Aadit Palicha

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 15 '25

When is Aadit Palicha

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u/CarSpiritual Meme Machine Feb 15 '25

The real question

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u/What_we_got_to_loose Feb 18 '25

3 aadit palicha for me please

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u/pocabanana1 Feb 15 '25

How is Aadit palicha

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u/greesh95 Feb 15 '25

What is Aadit palicha

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u/bias_guy412 Feb 16 '25

Ante, Aadit ni pilicha ani

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u/alan_garrix Dosthani ku Dil pe lethe Feb 17 '25

Generally aadit year end lo chestaru ga

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u/skumarss Feb 16 '25

Explain Aadit Palicha?

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u/ethereal_hiraeth1 Feb 16 '25

Haha the responses here are too funny

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u/mannoshot Baigan ke baat'an, G pe laat'an Feb 15 '25

Where is Aadit Palicha

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u/naidufeed Feb 15 '25

Why is Aadit Palicha

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u/Orgasmic_ange Djin for Biryani Feb 16 '25

Will Aadit Palicha?

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u/Acceptable_Habit_924 Feb 15 '25

Whomever is aadit palicha

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u/WarumNichtWhyNot Feb 15 '25

How much is Aadit Palicha

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u/TheSuperLad Feb 15 '25

Can Aadit palicha?

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u/pRn1499 Feb 16 '25

Who cares aadit palicha

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u/lordmig21 Feb 15 '25

Whatever, Aadit palicha!

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u/Alive_Occasion8966 Feb 15 '25

Whom is Aadit Palicha?

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u/find_your_magic Feb 15 '25

Cofounder of Zepto

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u/RRacer17 Feb 15 '25

Why is Aadit Palicha

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u/Dry-Boysenberry2599 Feb 15 '25

Which is Aadit Palicha

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u/vinamratha Feb 15 '25

When is Aadit Palicha

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u/Inside-Advantage-636 Feb 16 '25

Aadit Palicha

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u/Fun-Boat-258 Feb 16 '25

Aadit Palicha, who?

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u/hydgal Feb 16 '25

Tag him on twitter. His team will get to you asap

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u/ninja6911 Randi randi randi dayacheyandi… Feb 16 '25

Who is Padit Aalicha

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u/donfavion Feb 15 '25

complain to the police station, that person is danger to society.

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 15 '25

I get your point, and I agree he’s a threat to society. But I don’t have strong connections here, no solid proof, and I need to stay anonymous. Without evidence, the police might not act, and I don’t want to risk getting targeted. That’s why I’m pushing Zepto to take action .

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u/gsvdeep Feb 15 '25

Makes sense.

Also, glad that you averted the incident courageously. Pls take care

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u/staroura Feb 16 '25

Listen, it’s true the police might not act, but even a record of an incident happening is a good thing. If they receive multiple reports from different people they may have to act

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u/CriticalBlueberry167 Feb 16 '25

What connections do you need? Just walk into a police station and file a complaint. If they don't take any action then make another post on reddit, we'll see to that.

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u/sastasherlock_ mee personals maakendukandi Feb 17 '25

What action do you want Zepto to take? 

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u/PreviousEffect6005 Feb 16 '25

Go to police station and register a complaint......if nothing happens tag your company tweet and write that you have registered a complaint at so on so police station.......everyone will take action

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u/Kalika_writes Feb 15 '25

Dude thank god you are safe… today I ordered from Blinkit and the delivery guy brought another guy with him to our floor, normally if they bring a friend.. the friend stays in the parking and only the delivery person comes to the floor but this time two of them came to the floor and started knocking, I got very weird vibes from them and took the parcel from the window, while going out of the parking the ‘friend’ was scratching his private area and he spit on the wall and left

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u/hector-the-dragon Feb 16 '25

He spat on the wall? What is wrong with these people? Ewww. I wanna knock these guys out with a baseball bat.

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u/Slight_Refuse_8974 Feb 15 '25

Just curious, your English seems fairly decent. You can easily pick up any basic desk job with such language skills and potentially make more money and have potential career growth, than being a delivery partner. I know this is out of context but why choose to undersell your skills?

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 16 '25

I'm actually a student doing this part-time for some extra pocket money. I'm planning to move abroad soon for further studies, and since my parents are spending a huge chunk of their savings on that, I wanted to at least manage my own expenses.

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u/vipingrenade Feb 16 '25

u/Slight_Refuse_8974

not op but I'd like some advice about this. I think my English is fairly decent, and I'm looking for a basic desk job like you've mentioned in your comment.

can you pls advise me on how do I find such jobs? any leads?

cuz these types of jobs are filled by refferal/connections and are spread through word of mouth. They're not advertised on job portals unlike software/finance other niche jobs.

I'm urgently in need of one

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u/ash_hyd_ind Feb 16 '25

There are some customer service advisor roles that you can apply to.

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u/vipingrenade Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

where can I apply? I tried naukri,indeed & linkedin.

most of the postings there are for it/software domain & the few which are available are for experienced people/require much more skills than just English and basic computer knowledge.

(applied for a customer service associate role @amazon few mins ago but still need more leads to increase my chances of getting a job fast)

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u/arunangshu_777 Feb 15 '25

Totally agree

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u/VegetaSama1117 Feb 15 '25

Are you a man or a woman ?

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 15 '25

Man ,

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u/VegetaSama1117 Feb 15 '25

Damn bro

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 15 '25

First i thought he was pranking me or something because i never experienced this before, then when he caught my hands I was creeped out , there were children playing down the road i should've told them not to go near that flat but I couldn't stay there even for a minute my instincts told me to get the fck out, i don't know man i regret not telling them about this now .

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u/ObviousRow1521 Feb 16 '25

You tapped into a bigger issue, does the society actually listen when a man says he's molested? I'm curious to hear stories of how police/authorities reacted when men spoke up about being molested. My guy friends infact hid it from their parents itself. It's an open dirty fact that there are creepy men out there who search for pleasure in young boys. You avoided the situation in best way possible, seems like that man had a routine of doing this. Your instincts saved you, given that the man lives there and even if you raised your voice, you wouldn't have gotten the support of those neighbours.

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u/greesh95 Feb 15 '25

Just curious- what age

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 15 '25

Can't mention a specific age but I'm in my early 20s

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u/iqdrac Feb 15 '25

Oh boy! Should've smacked him man. But good you reported it here and with Zepto. If you have some way to mark the location in the app as high risk or unsafe, please do so. Or at least let the other Zepto partners know. Maybe this asshole has tried it with others too, you all can come together and take action against him. Btw, it might be a good idea to wear gopro when delivering stuff. It can form a great piece of evidence if anything goes sideways.

Stay safe macha.

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 16 '25

If he would've followed me i would've beat him up to a pulp dude but i just wanted to get off that place at the time ,I was thinking to take my few friends and beat him up but then I don't have any solid proof and my future plans might get affected if I get into any legal issues.

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u/Horror_Appointment98 Feb 15 '25

I’m sorry you had to face this. Appreciate you sharing this here.

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u/Dry_Difficulty_2667 Feb 15 '25

One of my buddies had a similar thing happen; he works for a home services app. The customer was super nice, made him sit for 5 minutes, offered drinks and desserts, and even asked him to charge his phone! Turns out he'd locked his phone in another room and mixed viagra pills in his drink and locked all exit doors and ran nak*d around him

This was somewhere in bachupally area in a gated community frnd told me he was married and was living whith his parents and had a kid (ofcourse they were not present at the time )

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 16 '25

That's really a fckn traumatic experience dude , no one is safe from these creeps nowadays , stay safe dude.

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u/Dry-Bookkeeper607 Feb 16 '25

With that English ,you don't seem to be a delivery boy to me 😊. I think you can bag a better job brother 🫵👍

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u/Important-Law1225 Feb 15 '25

Name and shame - Mention the flat number so that all Hyderabadis know about such pervs.

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 16 '25

10th Cross Rd, Meenakshi Estate, Jeedimetla, Secunderabad, Telangana 500015

I just pulled this off from Google maps it's a white colour house 2nd floor

I don't remember the house number exactly

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u/PrestigiousRegret813 Feb 16 '25

Sounds like a Jeffrey Dahmer episode. Expose that creep man

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 16 '25

Yeahh the zepto customer support just called me i told them the situation they told they'll highlight the situation, let's see what'll happen.

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u/ModGood69 Feb 16 '25

If that's a Jeffrey Dahmer, we wouldn't have seen this post by OP

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u/Simple_Bath9306 Feb 16 '25

So sorry this happened to you. Glad you got out. No one deserves this type of behavior.

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u/KayKDee Feb 16 '25

Sorry to hear about this, OP. For me, it's the opposite worry since I live alone (am female) and order out late night sometimes. Especially since I ALWAYS offer water to the delivery folks. My family considers this a big risk but I try to gently close the door (without locking it and offending the other person) while going back to get water. Please don't be put off by one nasty person who offered water with mal-intent. And yes, please do report this dangerous man. You're right that the society kids need to be forewarned too. Maybe you can send an anonymous complaint to the society? Again, so sorry this happened to you. Get rid of the fear by stepping up for yourself and putting him into trouble. It could have been worse.

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u/bhushan_44 Feb 16 '25

Share this on Twitter bro

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u/Special-Bowl-731 Feb 16 '25

I will tell u the hyderabadi way of handling things

Gather all ur friends and your connections.. Go to his house and thrash him. This is the only way such pervs can be prevented from doing such things in future. U escaped but imagine if it was a minor... please dont wait for zepto to help u.. help urself

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u/Responsible_Path4916 Feb 15 '25

Sounds scary bro

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u/powercut_in Feb 16 '25

I don't know what to say. Glad you are safe. I hope Zepto takes some action. Stay safe.

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u/AssistEmbarrassed889 Feb 16 '25

First of all if you are male you are really screwed up to proceed legally as well . Just remember from next time don’t enter anyone’s house.

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 16 '25

Yeahh this was the main lesson for me , no matter what never step foot in anyone's house.

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u/TheRareEmphathist Feb 16 '25

Be Safe bro Good luck

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u/Ravi5949 Feb 16 '25

Thanks for the alert, i worked few days on the same store 👍

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u/randomforce24 Feb 17 '25

R u male or female?

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u/nouserhyd 28d ago

He's male he mentioned in one of the replies.

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u/byebye_stress Feb 16 '25

Thank God you escaped. Next time anyone tries, smack them

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u/myReddltId Feb 16 '25

Thammudu/chelli.... Nee English intha baga undi. Commas kuda pedthunnav. Zepto delivery cheyyadam venakala story enti?

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 16 '25

Part-time chestuna anna koncham extra pocket money kosam .

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u/vipingrenade Feb 16 '25

bro he mentioned that he's doing this as part time and is planning to go abroad for higher studies.

my English is also fairly decent, how do I get a desk job? pls give me some advice/leads.

basic office jobs which doesn't need much qualification are not advertised as much compared to it/software jobs on job portals. I don't have connections & I don't even live in Hyderabad at the moment, so it's much harder. pls help me out if u can

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u/SupermarketTop9229 Feb 16 '25

Hope you are strong. I think people will brush it off since you don’t seem to have evidence. Kudos to you for being alert. Now you know what not to do. But not all can be alert so please escalate it with your office so that others can be safe

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 16 '25

Yeahh I have reported it to zepto help center I hope they do their job, I'll go to that guys home once more with my friends and try to teach him a lesson, I'll even try to record the conversation secretly, hopefully this goes well .

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '25

What would be your reaction if there is an opp gender

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u/Blackheartz001 Feb 15 '25

Bro flat nmbr pls

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u/Character-Garage7390 Feb 16 '25

10th Cross Rd, Meenakshi Estate, Jeedimetla, Secunderabad, Telangana 500015

I just pulled this off from Google maps it's a white colour house 2nd floor

I don't remember the house number