Gaurav Taneja is known as the ‘flying beast’, the famous YouTuber who has been arrested for violating Section 144 and 188 as thousands of people mob into sector-51, Noida metro for his birthday celebration.
He is a successful YouTuber with about 7.58 million YouTube followers and 3.3 million Instagram followers. He is a former pilot and was working with Air Asia. He was suspended as he pointed out violations in the airline. He claims to be studying law at Delhi University.
He turned 36 this year on July 9 and his wife, Ritu wanted to throw him a birthday party with his fans.
Earlier in 2022, Noida metro rail corporation (NMRC) allowed people to celebrate their birthdays and have a pre-wedding shoot or other events in the metro by pre-booking a coach. This was allowed only in the Aqua line of Noida metro.
Gaurav Taneja‘s wife, Ritu booked an entire coach in the Noida metro to celebrate his birthday. Yesterday Gaurav posted a request to his followers to gather at the metro station for the celebration.
Ritu put a story for people to gather at the metro station by 1:30 pm, in front of Hira sweets.
In an earlier post, Ritu said, “we will be restricted by the maximum capacity of the metro given by NMRC! lekin sabse Milenge zaroor!”. However, a few hours later, another post up said the celebrations were canceled ‘due to some personal issues
As one of the NMRC officials said, we informed Taneja that the capacity of the metro is 200 people – 50 people in each coach. Section 144 (which prohibits the gathering of four or more people) has also been imposed in the area, thus, because, he has a huge fan following, he should inform the local police. But the police weren’t informed and neither permission was taken.
The problems caused were:
There was a huge crowd around 3:30 pm, as official reports. There was a stampede due to the rash caused by the huge gathering, but there weren’t any causalities reported. This rush caused a problem for the passengers in the metro as well as the commuters on the road.
Metro employees also had a really hard time. The tokens for the celebration were distributed under the metro station. This was troublesome for the people commuting by road. This celebration turned into trouble for many.
Many complaints and FIRs started floating to the police station. An official from Noida sector 49, as the source from Hindustan times reports, arrested Gaurav.
He was initially detained for the violation of section144 of the CrPC that was imposed in Noida in view of the rising covid cases. He was then arrested for disobeying the order duly communicated by the public servant i.e. under IPC section 188.
However, Gaurav gets bail after a birthday celebration in the metro!
