Boycott Flipkart trends as Sushant Singh Rajput fans slam ‘Depression is like drowning' t-shirts sale

Sushant Singh Rajput passed away in 2020 at his Bandra residence which created a lot of controversies. The CBI was brought to investigate the actor`s death from various angles.

Mumbai: Fans of Sushant Singh Rajput are outraged and have shared screenshots of a T-shirt allegedly sold on Flipkart with a photo of the late actor and the message reading `Depression is like drowning.` "Boycott Flipkart" trended on Twitter on Tuesday evening after one of his fans discovered a T-shirt which included the artwork of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput referring to his "depression" on the website. As soon as it was shared, the picture of the t-shirt went viral and fans of Sushant complained on Twitter over the T-caption.

Some of them demanded an apology from Flipkart and the withdrawal of the offending T-shirt from their website. The T-shirt is no longer available on the website.

As many people responded with disbelief, fans of the late actor tweeted screenshots of Flipkart`s T-shirt with Sushant`s picture. The "insensitive" product stunned some people, while others dubbed it a "smear campaign" against the late actor.

A user tweeted, "I will serve notice to @Flipkart tonight (for approving a material which is defaming a deceased) as a common and responsible citizen."
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I will serve notice to .@Flipkart tonight (for approving a material which is defaming a deceased) as a common & responsible citizen.

Cc: .@withoutthemind di .@divinemitz di .@soniaRainaV di .@FlipkartStories .@flipkartsupport & BW Killed SSR DreamProjects TL participants

— Rudrabha Mukherjee (@imrudrabha) July 26, 2022

Another wrote, "Country has not yet come out of the shock of Sushant`s tragic death. We will keep raising our voice for justice.. Flipkart should be ashamed of this heinous act and should apologize that such incident will not be repeated again".

Country has not yet come out of the shock of Sushant's tragic death.

We will keep raising our voice for justice..

Flipkart should be ashamed of this heinous act and should apologize that such incident will not be repeated again.#BoycottFlipkart pic.twitter.com/wEVLPYl5EH — Kashyap (@Kashyap_updates) July 26, 2022

"Smear Campaign Against SSR", one of the users tweeted.

#BoycottFlipkart #BoycottBollywood
Smear Campaign Against SSR https://t.co/yO9aEtOJDs — sush 4 ever (@MEENU82433774) July 27, 2022

It's completely a propaganda
Every1 knows #sushantsinghrajput was brutally murdered by #drugiewood & till now they r facing wrath of audience so to come out from this spiral they did this & depression is not a fancy word which u use like this (#ssr not depressed) #BoycottFlipkart — SG (@SG68579767) July 27, 2022

#BoycottFlipkart

Now Flipkart cm out as t new on t list of abusers of Sushant Singh Rajput

Shame on Flipkart
You r now earning money on an innocent deceased soul by tagging him as a mental patient

Is tat much worst condition u r in right now..??

Sushant 4m Dreamer 2 Achiever — Soma Dutta (@SomaDut96461948) July 26, 2022

The actor passed away in 2020 at his Bandra residence which created a lot of controversies. The CBI was brought to investigate the actor`s death from various angles.

Post demise, his Patna residence was turned into his memorial with the late actor`s telescope, books, guitar and other personal things.Sushant Singh Rajput made his Bollywood debut with `Kai Po Che` and was known for his kind gesture, and always treated his fans with utmost pleasure, he gathered a lot of popularity after his biggest success `M.S Dhoni - The Untold Story`. His last big-screen appearance was `Chhichhore` which was released in 2019 and was a blockbuster hit.The actor was last seen in director Mukesh Chhabra`s `Dil Bechara` opposite Sanjana Sanghi which was the official remake of the novel `The fault in our stars`, the film went for an OTT release.