#GamlaChor allegations against YouTuber: Who is Elvish Yadav?

A VVIP theft took place in broad daylight in Delhi. A person dressed in a casual T-shirt and pyjamas and another person who seemed to be his driver were caught on camera stealing potted plants placed for the G20 Summit set to begin in Delhi today. The involvement of this luxury car is what caught the eyes of the netizens. A person has been arrested in the case

VVIP theft in Delhi;
YouTuber Elvish Yadav
blamed

As a video covering the entire incident went viral online, the netizens were quick to allege that the vehicle belongs to famous YouTuber Elvish Yadav. This allegation is basis the number plate of the vehicle which was allegedly used by the influencer in another show in Jaipur

Was Elvish Yadav
stealing flower pot?

Soon after #GamlaChor and #ElvishYadav started trending on social media with several netizens slamming the influencer for stealing public property. The video went viral and the YouTuber had to issue a clarification where he denies involvement in any such activity

YouTuber Elvish Yadav's car

Elvish Yadav tweeted, “This is not my vehicle. I kindly ask everyone not to spread any untrue information about me. I'm suing the people who are spreading false information about me”

YouTuber Elvish Yadav
issues clarification

Even after the clarification, the netizens have been flooding Elvish Yadav’s Twitter feed with nasty messages and memes about potted plants and the theft. He again tweeted, “Just because I was seen in a car once, doesn't mean I own it. Some filthy minds who have a habit of creating fake narratives once again came out of their ratholes with a cooked-up story".

Elvish Yadav on being
called ‘Gamla Chor’

Manmohan, a resident of Gandhi Nagar was arrested in connection with a case related to the theft of flower pots in front of the Ambience mall on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway. The other person is still at large

One person arrested in Gamla chor case

Elvish is a famous YouTuber with 9.2 million subscribers on his account @TheSocialFactory where he uploads several short films like Desi Boyfriend and series such as Badamashi and Gangster Ki Love Story 

Who is YouTuber
Elvish Yadav?

Elvish has a parallel YouTube account named Elvish Yadav Vlogs with 3.6 million subscribers. He posts videos based on his life, as well as day-to-day updates. This account was allegedly hacked a few days ago and Elvish claimed that the hackers were asking for a ransom of Rs 85 lakh. Though, the account was later restored

Elvish Yadav Vlogs

Elvish recently started an NGO with the name Elvish Yadav Foundation. It has an Instagram page with 55,000 followers where the influencer posts updates about his charity work 

Elvish Yadav Foundation

Meanwhile, Gabbar Singh, the meme artist did a spin-off on the entire situation as he reversed the video and made it look as if the alleged theives are placing their house plants on road in a bid to beautify Delhi during
G20 summit

Gabbar Singh's take on #GamlaChor

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