Team Clarion
NEW DELHI – The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested a Muslim YouTuber for “pressuring” a police officer for an interview over the violence which rocked the city of Sambhal on November 24.
Mashkoor Raza Dada, a resident of Moradabad, reportedly argued with Sambhal Circle Officer Anuj Kumar Chaudhary after the latter refused to give him an interview. He also mentioned the names of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar during the argument.
“Mashkoor Raza Dada has been booked for disturbing public peace. He was pressuring the CO for an interview and threatened him when his request was denied. Following the charges, he was sent to jail,” news agency PTI quoted Sambhal Kotwali Station Officer Anuj Kumar Tomar as saying.
Before being sent to jail on Monday, Dada told reporters: “I have a YouTube channel and a transport business. I wanted to interview the Sambhal CO to gain fame. I called him several times despite being refused. If the interview had happened, I would have become famous across India. I even told the CO that I could involve the CM, DGP, or SP to compel him to agree.”
Reacting to the issue, UP-based journalist Anil Yadav said that Chaudhry had shown his power by arresting Dada.
“Mashkoor Raza, a YouTuber from Moradabad, called DSP Anuj Chaudhary of Sambhal for an interview. There was some hard talk between the two. The DSP said he would get him fixed. Now a video of Mashkoor Raza has surfaced wherein he is seen limping. Anuj Chaudhary has shown his power,” he wrote in a Hindi post on X platform.
