Police officers track down social media influencer Pradeep Dhaka for engaging in instigating acts, disobeying traffic signals, and burning Police barricades
Image Source: Times Of India
On 30 March, a well-known Social influencer Pradeep Dhaka, was nabbed by a Police cop for skipping the traffic signals and doing a reel stunt on a flyover over the traffic signals by parking his car on the sideline of Pashchim Vihar’s flyover.
Pradeep Dhaka 25 Y-O, resident of Chajju Ram Colony, Nangloi. Pradeep is a budding YouTuber who directs his channel based on creating mezzo-forte Music & Raps. Viewership with approximately seven thousand subscribers (7.75 k). Started his YouTube journey in the year 2021, and the influencer was reaching the good note of creating subscribers with his shrills and voices.
After watching Reels, Pradeep’s crime became more clear
Career was moving ahead with a sweet tune and voice, but, circumstances turned upside down. Pradeep Dhaka violated the traffic rules in the Flyover of Pashchim Vihar. Resultant of this disobeyed act caused him of a traffic challan issued of Rs 36,000. Delhi Police impounded the vehicle under 39/112 MV Act, 100.2/177 MV Act, and 184MV Act at Paschim Vihar East police station.
As per the NLC report, Police Authorities confiscated his Instagram account, where they found relatable reels on violating the traffic rules and disregarded the night traffic authorities. In most of his reels shown, he drove a car late at night near midnight with loud music, and was spotted doing reel stunts, blocking traffic, and messing around the broad pathway. Cops have also reserved him for damaging the government property.
Delhi Commissioner of Police, Jimmy Chiram stated, ‘We have spotted the lawbreaker with a modified golden car blocking traffic on the main flyover on the outer Ring Road in Pashchim Vihar. The car is seized with the fake plastic weapons and other fake itineraries’. In his ongoing illegal act, Pradeep is alleged to shot down a Police barricade as well.
Similar cases like Pradeep Dhaka had been detected by the Delhi Police, those cases are in the same aspect but disregarding the other rules of the road and highways. One common aspect found by Delhi Police is, that all the lawbreakers are YouTubers by profession.
Author: Baisakhi Dhar