India, March 10 -- On March 7, a 3D designer named Mayank Singh accused natural honey brand HoneyVeda of not paying him for work he did for them as a freelancer. HoneyVeda has disputed his account, claiming that Mayank's work did not meet technical specifications and that he refused to take feedback.

Mayank shared a recording of a video call with HoneyVeda's CEO, Hardik Joshi, and another executive named Vivek Rajoria, on the social media platform X. On the call, he confronted them for not clearing his payment.

Hardik Joshi, the Ahmedabad-based founder and CEO of HoneyVeda, seemingly dropped out of the call when confronted. Vivek Rajoria, a graphic designer with HoneyVeda, spoke to Mayank and said that 50% of the payment had been issued...