Shweta Tiwari Claims Cockroach Came With Instamart Order, Tags FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe

THE CELEBRITY HOUR

Actor Shweta Tiwari has publicly raised a hygiene concern involving an online grocery delivery after claiming that a live cockroach came with an order placed through Swiggy Instamart.

Tiwari shared videos on her Instagram Stories showing a cockroach moving around her home and said that she had ordered Red Bull through Instamart. She subsequently tagged Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe and urged him to take notice of the incident.

The claim has not been independently verified by The Celebrity Hour, and the available material does not establish exactly where or how the insect entered the delivery. Tiwari’s own account of the incident is therefore being reported as an allegation rather than as a confirmed finding against the delivery platform.

What Shweta Tiwari said about the Instamart delivery

In the videos shared on Instagram Stories, Tiwari said she had ordered Red Bull through Instamart and claimed a cockroach had arrived along with the delivery.

She showed the insect crawling over furniture inside her home. In a subsequent clip, Tiwari directly addressed Mundhe and asked him to look into the issue.

“Aap kahan hain? Dhyaan dijiye,” she said while tagging the Maharashtra FDA commissioner and the delivery service, according to multiple reports carrying footage from her Instagram Stories.

While Tiwari appeared to handle the moment with some humor in the video, her decision to tag the state’s top food-safety official gives the episode a wider consumer-safety dimension.

As of publication, The Celebrity Hour has not identified a publicly verified statement from Swiggy Instamart or the Maharashtra FDA specifically responding to Tiwari’s allegation.

Why Tukaram Mundhe’s name matters in this story

Tiwari’s decision to call out Tukaram Mundhe is particularly relevant because the IAS officer is currently serving as Commissioner of Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration.

The Maharashtra FDA’s official directory identifies Mundhe as the department’s commissioner. He took charge in May 2026 and has since placed significant public emphasis on enforcement of food-safety standards.

His tenure has also brought increased scrutiny to the rapidly expanding quick-commerce sector.

Reuters reported on August 15 that Maharashtra FDA inspections had covered 86 establishments connected with major quick-commerce and food-delivery businesses, including Swiggy Instamart, Blinkit, and Zepto. According to the report, permits at 12 warehouses were suspended and 60 improvement notices were issued. Inspectors cited problems at some facilities including cockroach infestation, rodent droppings, and other unhygienic conditions.

Those findings do not establish that the facility responsible for Tiwari’s particular order had any such violation. They do, however, explain why an allegation involving a quick-commerce delivery is attracting additional attention at this moment.

Quick-commerce hygiene is already under scrutiny

India’s quick-commerce companies have built their business around extremely fast fulfillment from networks of local warehouses or “dark stores.” That model has transformed how urban consumers purchase groceries, beverages, and daily essentials.

The speed of delivery, however, does not remove the requirement to comply with food-safety and hygiene standards.

Mundhe has said the Maharashtra FDA’s enforcement campaign is part of a structured program rather than a series of arbitrary raids. In an interview published by The Indian Express in May, shortly after he assumed charge, he described the administration’s guiding principle as “Safe Food, Safe Drugs, Safe Maharashtra.”

The recent inspections therefore provide important context to Tiwari’s appeal. Her Instagram Story comes while warehouse hygiene and food handling within quick commerce are already receiving regulatory attention rather than creating that scrutiny by itself.

What is confirmed — and what is not

There is an important distinction between what can currently be verified and what remains Tiwari’s claim.

It is confirmed through her publicly reported Instagram Stories that she displayed a cockroach inside her home, said it had arrived with a Red Bull order placed through Instamart, tagged the platform, and appealed to Tukaram Mundhe. Multiple established publications independently reported the same footage on August 20.

What has not been independently established is whether the cockroach originated inside an Instamart storage facility, entered the package during transportation, or appeared at another stage. There is also no verified evidence currently linking Tiwari’s specific order to any warehouse previously inspected or penalized by the Maharashtra FDA.

That distinction is essential until either the company or regulatory authorities examine the specific complaint.

The Celebrity Hour Take

The significance of the episode goes beyond a celebrity posting an unpleasant delivery experience.

Tiwari’s decision to tag Mundhe connects an individual consumer complaint with a larger regulatory question already confronting quick-commerce companies: as delivery networks become faster and larger, can hygiene controls and warehouse oversight expand at the same pace?

Recent Maharashtra FDA action shows that regulators are already examining that question.

At the same time, a social-media video cannot by itself establish responsibility for contamination. The next meaningful development would therefore be an official response from Swiggy Instamart or the Maharashtra FDA, or evidence showing whether Tiwari’s complaint prompted an inspection of the fulfillment location involved.

Until then, the responsible description is straightforward: Shweta Tiwari has alleged that a cockroach arrived with her Instamart order and has publicly asked Maharashtra’s FDA commissioner to look into it.

Sources & Verification

This report was prepared by reviewing publicly reported footage from Shweta Tiwari’s Instagram Stories, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration’s official directory confirming Tukaram Mundhe’s current position, and independent reporting on Maharashtra FDA’s recent quick-commerce inspections. The Celebrity Hour found no independently verified evidence establishing the origin of the cockroach in Tiwari’s specific order and has therefore treated that portion of the story as her claim.