India, Sept. 23 -- A Bengaluru-based entrepreneur has sparked debate on social media after saying that his company would not hire male candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, citing an alleged incident involving a former employee.

Karthik SG, founder of A1 Sports World, announced the decision in a post on X, saying the company had decided not to hire male candidates from the four states following "lengthy discussion and quarrel".

"Im sorry for this. but today we have made it very clear after lengthy discussion and quarrel. We will not hire any male candidates in our company who come from these 4 states in north india. 1. Uttar Pradesh, 2. Rajasthan, 3. Bihar, 4. Madhya Pradesh. We do have 1 Rajasthani already...