In a joint operation with the Gujarat Police, a team of the Gurugram Police Crime Branch arrested a Gujarat-based man for allegedly demanding Rs 1 crore as ransom from YouTuber and Bigg Boss OTT-2 winner Elvish Yadav. The suspect has been identified as Sakir Makrani.

According to the police, on October 25 they received a written complaint from Elvish Yadav a resident of Wazirabad in Gurugram, stating that he had gone to London for some work and on October 17, when he returned to India, many threatening messages were received on his and his manager`s mobile phones.