YouTuber Gaurav Taneja also known as Flying Beast was arrested by the Noida Police after thousands of fans, at the request of his wife had gathered at a metro station to celebrate his special day. Taneja was detained by the cops for violating orders that have been imposed in Noida in relation to the rising COVID-19 cases. He was arrested under section 144 of the CrPC, section 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint) of the IPC.
Twitterati made memes out of the situation. Taneja released a statement and also said that he had permission to celebrate his birthday at the metro.
Check out the tweets here:
“A lot of unsavoury posts, photographs and memes are circulating on Social Media in relation to the incident that took place yesterday (Saturday) wherein Gaurav Taneja was briefly detained by the Noida Police. Hence, it was felt that we should set the record straight," read Taneja's statement.
