Bank Employee removed from his post after hate-spewing post

New Delhi, April 14: Kotak Mahindra Bank, the country's fourth largest private lender, has removed one of its employees after he posted a hate-spewing post on social media relating to the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from Kathua in Jammu.

"It's better to kill her now otherwise tomorrow she may become a human bomb against India," he allegedly wrote in Malayalam. The vile comment led to a furore on social media, with people demanding action against him.

"It is extremely disheartening to see such comments being made in the aftermath of such tragedy by anyone including an ex-employee. We strongly condemn this statement,"bank spokesperson Rohit Rao said.

"We have terminated Nandukumar from the services on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 for poor performance," Kotak Mahindra Bank said, reports media. Nandukumar, posted as assistant manager at a branch in Kochi, allegedly justified the killing of the eight-year-old rape victim, saying she would have grown up to be a terrorist.