Key Points :
- The now famous Baba ka dhaba in South Delhi, files a case against the YouTuber who brought him into limelight.
- Baba has claimed that the money that was donated through online transactions for him and his wife has been pocketed by the youtuber – Gaurav Wasan.
- Where as on the contrary Gaurav Wasan has put out the receipts (except the other two) about the money transactions on Facebook and has declared that he received amount approximately 3.5 lakh and has also said that he denies the claims because the money already has been transferred to Baba’s account.
The now famous Baba ka dhaba in South Delhi is run by an eighty year old man Kanta Prasad but now he has filed a complaint against the youtuber Gaurav Vasan for allegedly pocketing the money that was raised to him and his wife.
As we know was and had shot the widely shared video of the elderly man and his wife on October 7 which showed the couple helpless,as they were talking about lack of customers at the eatery in Malviya Nagar which was followed by a huge number of people and reporters to stop by and donate money.
On this Sunday, Janta Prasad told the Indian Express that he has only received a cheque of rupees 2 lakhs from Wasan. He has also made a that –
“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″. This complaint has been filed by Prasad along with some group of men At the Malviya Nagar police station on Saturday which claims that Wasan has deliberately shared his and his family bank details and collected a huge amount as donation which was sent for Kanta Prasad and his wife.
No FIR has been registered yet but DCP (South) Atul Kumar Thakur has said –
“we received the complaint yesterday and we are still inquiring into it”.
On the contrary ,
Gaurav Aasan has denied the allegations and said he transferred all the money into Kanta Prasad’s account.
He said,
“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…”
He has also shared three receipts of the transactions, all dated 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. Wasan 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.
