Arunachal Pradesh court remanded Punjab-based YouTuber Paras Singh to six days in judicial custody. The social media influencer, YouTuber Paras Singh, arrested in Punjab for allegedly making a racial slur against an Arunachal Pradesh MLA was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate court at Yupia near Itanagar. 

SP of Special Investigating Team (SIT) Rohit Rajbir Singh said “An Itanagar court remanded YouTuber to remain in six days of judicial custody. He will be lodged at Jully jail during the period.Further action, whatever is to be taken, will be decided by the court.” The court on Friday sent the accused to one-day police custody to investigate the matter of racial remarks. He had made against senior Congress MLA Ninong Ering and the people of Arunachal Pradesh after which discussions over it is going on. Singh was brought to Itanagar from Ludhiana in Punjab by the police’s SIT late on Thursday. The three-member team brought him to the state was led by inspector Techi Vijay and consisted of constables GL Ray and Aman Kumar Meena. SP said that during interrogation, Singh revealed that about having two accounts in YouTube, both of which were created to “generate quick money”. Both the accounts are monetised by YouTube and he earns Rs 20,000-25,000 a month. The officer further added “The account with the channel name ‘Paras Official’, having 4.68 lakh subscribers, is used for showing tips, tricks, and informing his subscribers about the new skins of games. The other channel — ‘Paras Gamers’ with 3.94 lakh subscribers is used to live stream PUBG on YouTube.” In the investigation, the YouTuber also disclosed that the controversial video, against which a case has now been registered, was made by him to gain widespread attention and views, so that his monetary income could be maximised. Now, SIT has seized his laptop, a tablet and three mobile phones from the YouTuber’s possession for further investigation.

Furthermore, the state government on Monday filed a case against Singh for making racial remarks against Ering and inciting ill will and hatred towards the people of the state. His video was updated after MLA wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban the re-launch of PUBG Mobile India’s new avatar — Battlegrounds Mobile India.

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