The now-famous Baba Ka Dhaba owner Kanta Prasad has filed a complaint against YouTuber Gaurav Wasan for misappropriating money that was raised to help him and his wife.
Wasan had shot the viral video of the elderly man and his wife on October 7, which showed the couple talking about the lack of customers at the Dhaba in Malviya Nagar, following which several people donated money.
On Sunday, Prasad told media, “I don’t get a lot of customers now; most people come here to take selfies… Earlier I was earning over Rs 10,000 per day, now it’s Rs 3,000-Rs 5,000,” he said. The complaint filed by Prasad, along with a group of men, at Malviya Nagar police station Saturday claims Wasan “deliberately shared his and his family’s bank details and collected a huge amount as donation”.
Delhi: Kanta Prasad, owner of #BabaKaDhaba, files Police complaint against Gaurav Wasan -who first shot his video & posted it- for allegedly misappropriating funds raised to help his wife & him. He alleges cheating, mischief, criminal breach of trust, criminal conspiracy by Wasan pic.twitter.com/f1IGxwcB2e
— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2020
#BabaKaDhaba owner complaint against Gaurav Wasan, the youtuber after whose video the dhaba became an overnight sensation. The dhaba’s owner alleged him for misappropriation in funds. No FIR registered yet.
Few days back, Gaurav shared a video of handing the cheque to Baba (1/2) pic.twitter.com/8SIEQGg3W7
— aboyob bhuyan (@aboyobbhuyan) November 2, 2020
No good deed goes unpunished: Kanta Prasad, who runs the now famous Baba Ka Dhaba in South Delhi, has filed a police complaint against YouTuber Gaurav Wasan, who helped him come into the limelight
Just another social media fairytale going bust https://t.co/9nA4BfqBhc
— Rahul Sabharwal (@rubberneckin) November 1, 2020
I am not going to judge anyone , however the whole situation is awkward.
One needs to be careful . If complaint turns out to be untrue , it would be hard to be inspired again to help anyone #BabaKaDhabha
— Anjali☀️ (@__Anjali____) November 2, 2020
The best Scammer of 2020 is Gaurav Wasan. https://t.co/tAnmt7CWmi
— Maggi (@JainMaggii) October 27, 2020
DCP (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said, “We received the complaint yesterday and are enquiring into it.” No FIR has been registered yet.
However, YouTuber Wasan denied the allegations and said he transferred all the money into Prasad’s account: “When I shot the video, I didn’t know it would become this big. I didn’t want people to harass Baba (Prasad) so I shared my bank details…” Wasan shared three receipts of the transactions sent on October 27 — two cheques of Rs 1,00,000 and Rs 2,33,000 and one receipt of bank payment of Rs 45,000. He said this was the amount of money collected in the three days.
He also put up a bank statement on Facebook in which the total money credited in the three days is around Rs 3.5 lakh. Asked about the other two transactions, Prasad said he hasn’t been able to check his account as he doesn’t carry his phone. While some YouTubers alleged Wasan received Rs 20-25 lakh, Wasan denied it. “We have initiated legal action against the YouTubers,” he said.
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