YouTuber Gaurav Taneja, popularly known as Flying Beast, was arrested on Saturday for creating a stampede-like situation at Noida Sector 51 metro station by celebrating his birthday. The YouTuber had booked a Metro Rail coach for his birthday celebrations and was informed that the train would have a capacity of 200 people, 50 people for each coach, but the YouTuber informed all his followers about the celebration And a huge crowd gathered on the road. Due to this, the traffic situation deteriorated.
Gaurav Taneja was detained by the Police on his birthday in Noida sec 51. Before now Gaurav Taneja, his name has come up in many controversies. On his social media videos, he and his wife, who is also a YouTuber, made several controversial claims.
Here are 10 things to know about Gaurav Taneja:
Gaurav Taneja claims that he is a former pilot and also claims to be a nutritionist. He also claims to have studied law at Delhi University.
Gaurav claims to be an alumnus of IIT-KGP where he studied civil engineering.
A few months back, Gaurav Taneja was trolled on social media when he posted a picture of his home puja and wrote that regular Havan is a natural antidote to pollution. He wrote, “Hinduism is a science-based way of life. Two families remained unaffected by the Bhopal gas leak on December 3, 1984. He performed regular Havan…”.
The YouTuber has 7.58 million followers on YouTube and 3.3 million on Instagram.
Gaurav Taneja was the pilot of Air Asia and claimed that he was suspended by the airline for pointing out violations by the airline. In a video in 2020, he also pointed out the issues that led to him being fired from airlines.
Gaurav Taneja's wife Ritu Rathi Taneja is also a Social Media Influencer and Pilot. They married in 2015 and have two children.
The celebrity couple made their television debut in the program Smart Jodi.
Gaurav Taneja and Ritu Rathi run three YouTube channels: Fitmuscle TV, Flying Beast and Rasbhari Ke Papa.
Gaurav and Ritu met former US President Barack Obama in Singapore in 2019.
On July 1, when the Supreme Court condemned former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's "professed Mohammed wale statement" that set the nation on fire, Gaurav Taneja tweeted, "Black day for India!! The apex body has justified the act of terror."