Man Who Made Extortion Call To YouTuber Elvish Yadav With A Demand Of Rs 1 Crore, Arrested

Bigg Boss OTT Season 2 winner and popular YouTuber Elvish Yadav recently filed a complaint with Gurugram Police regarding someone trying to extort money from him. Just a day after the Gujarat Police received a tip off nabbed the culprit who is based in Gujarat only.

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How did the Gujarat police manage to nab the culprit in Elvish¡¯s extortion case?

Varun Dahiya ACP Crime Branch shared with ANI in Hindi (loosely translated) - ¡°We got a notice and complaint from Gurugram police on 25th October that Elvish has received some threatening messages on 17th October where he was demanded of 40 lakhs initially and 1 crore rupees later. We then registered a case through the Gurugram Police.¡±

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He continued, ¡°A team was formed under the direction and orders of our Commissioner of Police, Vikas Arora IPS, and the DCB crime team worked with the relentless help from Gujarat police. After collecting relevant details from them, we shared the case with Gujarat police and successfully arrested a suspect from Gujarat.¡±

Who was the prime culprit in Elvish Yadav¡¯s extortion case?

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A resident of Gujarat, This 24-year-old Gujarati resident worked as an RTO agent with his father. Named Shakir Makhani, the man was influenced by Elvish Yadav¡¯s lavish lifestyle and wanted to earn money. He arranged his numbers from somewhere and sent him threatening messages through WhatsApp.

Why is Elvish Yadav so famous?

Gurugram Police arrests a man from Gujarat in connection with extortion call to Big Boss OTT 2 winner Elvish Yadav

Varun Dahiya ACP Crime Branch says, "Gurugram Police with cooperation from Gujarat Police has arrested one Shakir Makrani, a resident of Vadnagar. He was¡­ pic.twitter.com/nvEtkjbtRe

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Hailing from Haryana¡¯s Gurugram, Elvish Yadav enjoys massive popularity across social media platforms. He has two YouTube channels with around 14.5 and 4.75 million subscribers respectively. On Instagram, he has around 15.7 million followers and on Twitter over 700k users are following him.

Why did Elvish Yadav want to return his trophy?

Just a month after winning the Bigg Boss OTT 2 trophy and 25 lakhs rupees, Elvish in one of his vlogs shared that he wishes to get rid of the trophy so that he can stay away from negativity. He was heard saying, ¡°Kuch nahi chahiye, zindagi kya hi ho rakhi hai bhai.¡±

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Yadav added, ¡°All I want is peace, and love-filled life that I had before Bigg Boss. This trophy says 'Bigg Boss OTT 2 winner' and I am that (the winner), on record. But, if you want please take this trophy and the stuff. I have seen so many things I do not want to even mention. I don¡¯t want this negativity in life.¡±

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