Bigg Boss fame and YouTuber ‘Hindustani Bhau’ alias Vikas Fhatak has been arrested by the Dharavi police in Mumbai for allegedly instigating students.
Hindustani Bhau had allegedly asked students to assemble near the residence of Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad to demand the cancellation of offline exams for classes 10 and 12 on Monday.
On Monday, students protested in Mumbai and Nagpur demanding online exams amid the pandemic.
Following the protests, it emerged that YouTuber Hindustani Bhau had asked the students to assemble in the Dharavi area near the resident of Maharashtra education minister Varsha Gaikwad in a video.
“In these two years, many people died because of Covid. Till now, families are recovering from the shock. And now the new drama of Omicron has started. What is this? The government is urging people to remain indoors. They why take offline exams of the students,” Hindustani Bhau said in a YouTube video ‘Exams cancel karo. bacho ke jaan ke sath mt khelo warna hoga fir se andolan’. The video had over 2.77 lakh views till Tuesday. It was uploaded on January 24.
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Police on Monday said they will take action against the YouTuber, who was also reportedly present at the protest of the students.
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said the decision to take offline exams has been taken after careful consideration and all measures like maintaining social distancing, wearing of masks will be taken. The health minister appealed to the protesting students to cooperate with the government in conducting in-person exams.
(With inputs from agencies)