YouTuber Gaurav Taneja aka Flying Beast has been granted bail. For the unversed, Gaurav Taneja was arrested after his followers gathered at Sector 51 metro station of the Aqua Line in Noida on Saturday to celebrate his birthday. Taneja had booked a metro coach to celebrate his birthday.
The YouTuber’s wife Ritu Rathee Taneja had allegedly invited followers to his birthday celebrations. Following this, thousands of people flocked to the Sector 51 metro station to meet the YouTuber. Noida Sector 49 Police rushed to the spot and handled the situation. Taneja was booked for allegedly violating section 144 of the CrPC which is in force in Noida and section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant).
Hours after his arrest, Gaurav Taneja was trending on Twitter.
Gaurav Taneja is currently one of the most popular YouTubers in the country with millions of subscribers across his three YouTube channels– Flying Beast, Fit Muscle TV and Rasbhari Ke Papa where he makes fitness-related videos as well as his daily life vlogs and live streams. A Civil Engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, Taneja is currently pursuing Law at the Faculty of Law, Delhi University.