Youtuber Manish Kashyap surrendered at Jagdishpur police station in Bettiah due to raids by Bihar Police and the economic offenses unit (EOU). The police earlier registered an FIR against Manish Kashyap for circulating ‘misleading’ videos of Bihar migrants in Tamil Nadu.
According to ANI, Bihar Police said, “Youtuber Manish Kashyap, accused of circulating misleading and hysterical video of residents of Bihar working in Tamil Nadu, surrendered at Jagdishpur police station in Bettiah due to raids by Bihar Police and EOU.”
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The YouTuber was first zeroed down after he allegedly circulated fake videos and alleged that Biharis workers were attacked by Tamils.
Earlier, reports said that the Bihar police froze the bank accounts of YouTuber Manish Kashyap.
The police also received an arrest warrant after the First Information Report (FIR) against Manish Kashyap and one Yuvraj Singh Rajput.
Meanwhile, the police already arrested one of the accused Aman Kumar, a native of Jamui district.
"The main accused Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, a native of Gopalganj district had made the fake video in a rented accommodation in Patna's Bangali colony under Jakkanpur police station, with the help of 2 persons on March 6. He has confessed the crime. The whole idea behind making a video in Patna was to mislead the police of Bihar and Tamil Nadu. We have cross checked with the landlord of Rakesh Ranjan Kumar and he has also confirmed that the video was made at his house," the Bihar police spokesperson said IANS.
"Accodingly, the investigating team has registered an FIR against Rakesh Ranjan, Manish Kashyap, Youraj Singh and Aman Kumar in Economic Offence Unit (EOU) police station in Patna," he added.
(With IANS inputs)