Youtuber Hindustani Bhau arrested over students protest in Mumbai
A case was registered against the two accused at Dharavi police station under various Indian Penal Code sections
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Mumbai, February 1: The Mumbai Police have arrested the YouTube fame 'Hindustani Bhau', also called Vikas Fhatak and one more individual, in connection with the students protest near the residence of Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad, said an official today.
He had uploaded a video in which he appealed to students to take part in a protest outside the residence of Gaikwad, said the official. A large number of students had gathered outside the minister's home on Monday, following which police responded with a mild baton charge to stop them.
Police took action against the 41-YO YouTuber, after it came out that he had asked students to assemble in Dharavi area of Mumbai near Gaikwad's residence on Monday, demanding the cancellation of the offline exams for classes 10 and 12 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, he said. The police also arrested Ikrar Khan Wakhar Khan, 25, for his role in the students' protest.
A case was registered against the two accused at Dharavi police station under various Indian Penal Code sections, including for unlawful assembly, rioting, abetting an offence, and negligent/malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the rising cases of the Omicron variant.
He had uploaded a video in which he appealed to students to take part in a protest outside the residence of Gaikwad, said the official. A large number of students had gathered outside the minister's home on Monday, following which police responded with a mild baton charge to stop them.
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Hindustani Bhau, who participated in "Bigg Boss 13", is popular for his videos that are marked by the delivery of slang words through which he mainly targets Pakistan and other YouTubers from there.