A video from an HDFC bank in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, showing a female employee apparently engaged in a heated argument with a customer, has gone viral on social media. Following this, the employee, identified as Aastha Singh, issued a clarification that while he was conscious of not using hateful language at work, he would not tolerate anyone threatening to ‘teach him a lesson’.
The HDFC employee said that the video was not only misinterpreted to show me arguing with a customer, but was also used to create a caste dispute. (X/@77_com7)In the viral video from HDFC’s Panki branch, Singh is seen lashing out at a customer using vulgar language and caste-referring remarks. In the video that went viral on X, Singh can be seen pointing angrily at a man in the bank.
the girl saidTagore agreed (I am a Tagore),” warning the man not to mess with him. The comment drew some criticism as many saw his statement as a statement to use caste identity to intimidate.
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Singh said that, firstly, the video is not a recent incident, clarifying that it is from January 6.
“Secondly, this video is not related to any customer. I have not misbehaved with any customer. This video is from an argument I had with the husband of another female employee working in the same bank branch as me,” Singh said in his clarification video.
The video has not only been misinterpreted to show me arguing with a customer, but has also been used for an argument about caste identity.
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Singh gave a detailed account of the incident. He said one of his colleagues resigned and wanted to be released the same day.
“Her sister-in-law was sitting in the branch since morning, and I had a small argument with her. Later, the sister-in-law informed her brother (colleague’s husband) about the argument,” Singh said in the video.
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She complains that her colleague’s husband shows up at the branch after work. “He entered the bank at 4:30 pm and misbehaved with me. He directly asked me what caste (kounsi jati ke ho) I was and said I have a lot of pride,” Singh added.
She said that he also came to her desk and threatened to ‘teach her a lesson’. According to Singh, he said, “I will remove your pride. “I’ll take the summer heat off you.”
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Singh said she beat him after he misbehaved with her.
“Yes, my words were wrong. I am aware that I am doing public service, and my words should be measured carefully. But if someone threatens to teach me, I will not tolerate it,” Singh asserted.
I stand by my statement that “I am a Tagore” and I am completely proud of this fact.
