A case registered against Elvish Yadav, the winner of Bigg Boss OTT, for smuggling snakes

• Snakes and their venom were used in rave parties

• 5 smugglers arrested

• Recovered 9 snakes and 20 ml. of poison

Elvish Yadav

Noida (Uttar Pradesh) – Elvish Yadav, the winner of ‘Bigg Boss OTT-2’ and YouTube video maker is accused of snake smuggling. The Noida Police have registered a case related to wildlife protection and Elvish is accused of organising rave parties illegally. Snakes were used in this party. This has come to light through a ‘Sting Operation’ (Undercover filming) by animal welfare activist associated with People For Animals. (If this organisation had not done the sting operation, this incident would not have come to light. It means that the Police with all the systems at hand are asleep. There will be many cases, which the Police are not aware of and are going on ! Maybe the Police are ignoring such cases by taking bribes. – Editor) A case has been registered with the Police under the ‘Wildlife Protection Act’. Police arrested five smugglers and recovered nine snakes from them. It includes five Cobras, one Python, one two-headed snake (Sand Boa) and one Rat Snake (Horseback Snake). Apart from this, 20 ml. snake venom was consficated from these smugglers. Rahul, Titunath, Jayakaran, Narayan and Ravinath are the names of these smugglers.

1. Forest Officer Pramod Srivastava said that snake venom is used for intoxication in rave parties. It is a group of ‘YouTubers’ (Who make videos for YouTube) who organise such parties.

2. The main accused of this gang Elvish Yadav is absconding. While reacting to a news channel he has claimed his innocence. He also claimed that he does not know the arrested accused. Elvish Yadav is a famous YouTuber. He makes comedy videos on YouTube channel. His YouTube channel has an estimated 1.42 million subscribers.