- Five people have been arrested in Noida for supplying snakes and their venom at rave parties that were allegedly organized by social media sensation Elvish Yadav, the police said.
- The five men have told police that these parties were organized at various farmhouses in Delhi and its adjoining areas,
- Elvish Yadav used the snakes to shoot videos for YouTube and Instagram.
- The snake venom was consumed by people attending the rave parties that also hosted foreign nationals, it’s alleged.
- Denying the charges, the 26-year-old claimed that all the charges were fake and he is willing to cooperate with the police in this investigation.
- He also urged the media to not ruin his image till they have evidence.
Elvish Yadav, YouTuber, and reality star, denied reports that he has been arrested for possession of intoxicating substances. His remarks come after five people arrested by Noida police claimed that they were supplying snakes and their venom for rave parties organized by Elvish Yadav.
Five people have been arrested in Noida for supplying snakes and their venom at rave parties that were allegedly organized by social media sensation Elvish Yadav, the police said. The five men have told police that these parties were organized at various farmhouses in Delhi and its adjoining areas and that Elvish Yadav used the snakes to shoot videos for YouTube and Instagram. The snake venom was consumed by people attending the rave parties that also hosted foreign nationals, it’s alleged.
Denying the charges, the 26-year-old claimed that all the charges were fake and he is willing to cooperate with the police in this investigation. Elvish Yadav, who recently won the reality show ‘Bigg Boss OTT’, said that he will take responsibility even if he is found to have 0.1 percent involvement in the case. He also urged the media to not ruin his image till they have evidence. On the image of him with a snake, Mr Yadav claimed that it was from a music video that had been shot 6 months ago.
Earlier today, the police arrested five people and rescued nine snakes from a banquet hall in Noida’s Sector 51. They had allegedly arrived there for a party and were caught after a trap laid by an animal rights group — People for Animals (PFA).
In the FIR, complainant Gaurav Gupta of PFA, run by BJP parliamentarian Maneka Gandhi, claimed that his group had come to know that Elvish Yadav used to make videos with live snakes and snake venom in Noida and other parts of NCR with his associates and illegally organized rave parties.
BJP MP Maneka Gandhi whose NGO filed the complaint against the famous influencer issued a statement and asked if Elvish Yadav was not guilty, then why he was on the run. “This is a grade 1 crime, seven years in jail, a wildlife crime. King cobras die when their venom is taken out. Their venom is for digesting food. Without the venom, they can’t eat anything and thus they die. There are very few cobras and pythons in the country. It is a crime to own them, catch them, or use them,” Maneka Gandhi said to television channels. There could be a bigger racket behind this, Maneka Gandhi said.
Maneka Gandhi said her NGO was keeping watch on Elvish Yadav for a long time as he used snakes in his YouTube videos “Then we found out that they sell snake venom,” Maneka Gandhi said.
Elvish Yadav has 7.51 million subscribers on YouTube and 15.6 million followers on Instagram.
(With inputs from agencies)
