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Famous Youtuber, Gaurav Taneja, best known as the ‘Flying Beast’ enjoys a huge fanbase. It was on July 9, 2022, when Gaurav’s wife, Ritu Rathee had planned to surprise him by booking an entire metro coach to celebrate his birthday. His birthday party at Noida Sector 51 metro station caused a lot of chaos.
As thousands of people gathered at the station, Gaurav’s birthday had turned into a nightmare. He was arrested for allegedly violating Section 144 of the CrPc. Gaurav was later granted bail, however, the news of his arrest created an uproar on social media with netizens slamming the Youtuber for his act.
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In an interview with the Times of India, Gaurav talked about his traumatic birthday and being clueless about his arrest. Sharing details of the same, Gaurav stated:
“It was my 36th birthday, and I was at the police station, clueless about the offence I committed. I remember that day so clearly. There was a slow whirring fan at the police station; a police official was sitting in front of me, reading a newspaper. On the other side, there was a prisoner constantly looking at me. I was sitting in their CCTV room, thinking about my wife, daughters and all the fans who had come for us.”
In the same interview, Gaurav revealed that police personnel asked for a selfie with him after his arrest. In his words:
“A few minutes later, a policewoman came and said, ‘Sir, selfie click kar lo? Mere bachche aap ke fan hain, unko aap se baat bhi karni hai’. I said, ‘Madam meri FIR ho gayi hai, thoda ruk jao please.”
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Gaurav also stated that he had requested the officials not to leak the news to the media, but they didn’t listen. Gaurav’s wife, Ritu Rathee revealed that she got to know about his arrest from social media. Talking about it in the same interview, Ritu shared:
“I got to know about his arrest from social media. I was shocked. I could see officials coming in and out of the room, but nobody told me about the arrest. Jab pata chala toh mujhe laga daant padegi ab bahut, but his first message was ‘Aap theek ho? Bachche theek hain?’ (Pauses) it was a difficult day for all of us. But his patience and strength kept us going. When he came home that night, we made sure to celebrate his birthday.”
For the unversed, Gaurav has recently filed a police complaint after he received a threat call for his daughter!
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