Nivetha Pethuraj Cockroach: Nivetha on June 24 shared an Instagram story about finding a cockroach in the food. She ordered from Moonlight Takeaway. a restaurant in Chennai. Tamil actress Nivetha Pethuraj recently faced a food delivery issue where she found a cockroach in the food. She ordered through Swiggy. Nivetha requested for stricter protocols when it came to ensuring hygiene in food.
Nivetha said “I have no idea what standards Swiggy India and the restaurants now a days are maintaining. I found cockroach twice lately in my food (sic)”. She wrote in a post. Sharing a photograph of the cockroach inside a packed food box, Nivetha added, “It’s very vital to inspect these restaurants on a regular basis and fine them heavily if not upto standards (sic).”


The actor, whose last Tamil film was Sangathamizhan with Vijay Sethupathi, also shared screenshots of messages she received from many people following her story. How can the restaurant be so reckless? Requesting Swiggy India to remove this restaurant from the app. She further wrote and added that in such cases, the FSSAI should cancel the license of defaulting restaurants.


A few hours later, she tweeted a message she had received from Swiggy India following her complaint on social media. Swiggy said that the restaurant has been “off-boarded” from their platform and that they will be added back only after a thorough quality audit.