The viral Baba Ka Dhaba owner Kanta Prasad (80), has filed a complaint against Youtuber Gaurav Wasan for allegedly misappropriating money that was raised to help him and his wife. Gaurav is the Youtuber who firstly shot the video of Prasad in Baba Ka Dhaba and made him viral for helping Prasad.
Gaurav shot the widely shared video of the elderly man and his wife on October 7, which showed that the couple talking about lack of customers at the eatery in Malviya Nagar. After that video, number of people donated money for him. Prasad had shot to fame after a video of him tearfully recounting the desperation of the months since the lockdown was shared widely across social media platforms recently.
According to a report on The Indian Express, Prasad said that he has only received a cheque of Rs. 2 Lakh from Gaurav. “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. 3000-Rs 5000,” he said.
He alleges that Wasan “intentionally and deliberately shared only his and his family/friends bank details and mobile numbers with the donors and collected huge amount of donation through different mode of payments i.e bank account/wallets without providing any information to the complainant,” according to report on NDTV.
Meanwhile, the owner of Baba Ka Dhaba also accused YouTuber Gaurav of not providing details of the financial transactions to him.
According to reports reached The Chenab Times, Prasad filed the complaint, along with a group of men, at Malviya Nagar police station on Saturday in which he claims that Gaurav “deliberately shared his and his family’s bank details and collected a huge amount as donation”.
DCP (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said, “We received the complaint yesterday and are enquiring into it.” However, no FIR has been registered yet.
Gaurav Wasan reaction on complaint filed by Baba Ka Dhaba owner
Gaurav denied the allegations against him and said that he had transferred all the money into Prasad’s account. While sharing 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, “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,” as per The Indian Express. He said this was the amount of money collected in the three days. Gaurav also posted the bank statement on facebook in which the total money credited in the three days is around Rs. 3.5 Lakh. When Prasad was asked about the other two transactions, he said that he hasn’t been able to check his account as he doesn’t carry his phone.
Meanwhile, Gaurav reveals his bank statement on his facebook page Swaad. He said, “Transparency link verified by bank. Anybody who donated can go and verify re-verify. Thank you for supporting.”
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