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Social media influencer and Bigg Boss 13 fame Vikas Fhatak, also known as Hindustani Bhau has been arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly inciting the students to protest against the offline exams for classes 10 and 12.
An FIR was filed against him and others who were involved in the protest, the country’s media reported on Tuesday.
According to reports, the students took to the streets of the city after Fhatak’s video went viral on social media. He was seen speaking in favour of online exams for classes 10 and 12, and students protested in Mumbai and Nagpur.
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.
Police on Monday said they will take action against the YouTuber, who was also reportedly present at the protest of the students.
Student protest was massive leading to baton charge by police. In Nagpur, agitating students damaged two buses, police said.
According to a report by the news agency ANI, In light of the Covid 19 pandemic, Hindustani Bhau allegedly posted a video of himself on Instagram instigating students to demand online exams for classes 10th and 12th. The FIR was filed under various sections of the IPC (including rioting), the Maharashtra Police Act, the Disaster Management Act, and the Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act against the social media star.
