UP News: A YouTuber named Gulzar Sheikh has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police for placing several objects, including cycles, soaps, and stones, on railway tracks to create content for his YouTube channel. The accused was arrested by the Railway Police Force (RPF)from village Khandauli in UP, and a case was registered against him under several sections.
"A complaint was received in which a person named Gulzar used to place cylinders, bicycles on the railway track and make videos of train arrivals and upload them on Instagram. RPF post-Unchahar (Lucknow Division) under RPF post-Kunda registered a case under sections 147, 145, 153 of the Railway Act. The accused was arrested from village Khandauli in Uttar Pradesh, Gulzar, son of Syed Ahmed, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, and included in the registered case. The interrogation of the arrested accused is ongoing, and he will be produced before the court," the Railway Police Force said on Friday, as quoted by news agency ANI.
Reacting to Sheikh's arrest, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said, "I assured you that Rail Jihadi won’t be spared by authorities".
Earlier on Thursday, the BJP spokesperson said that there have been several instances of sabotage/signals being covered with paper/ deliberate obstacles being put on tracks by the YouTuber.
The arrest was based on a complaint filed by the Legal Hindu Defence against the activities carried out by Sheikh.