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YouTuber Rajveer Shishodia arrested, released after ‘road rage’ video goes viral

The alleged road rage incident involving YouTuber Rajveer Shishodia took place in the first week of December, the Noida police said.

Rajveer ShishodiaShishodia has more than 5 million followers on Instagram and 3 million followers on his YouTube channel Raj-Veer Fitness Series. (Photo: Rajveer Shishodia/Facebook)

YouTuber Rajveer Shishodia was arrested and later released after he allegedly assaulted a car driver in a road rage incident on Thursday, the Noida police said.

Dhruv Bhushan Dubey, Station House Officer (SHO), Noida Phase-3 police station, said that in a purported viral video of the incident, Shishodia assaulted Satender Kumar Singh after his car hit his vehicle. The incident took place in the first week of December, he added.

After the video went viral, the police reached out to Singh and he lodged a complaint against Shishodia, SHO Dubey said. “A case was registered on Wednesday under sections 115 (2)(intentionally causing hurt), 352 (intentional hurt) and 351(2) (provoking) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the accused was arrested and later released,” he added.

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The incident occurred when Shishodia was travelling towards Greater Noida West in his car. Singh’s car allegedly hit his vehicle near Parthala Flyover. In the video, Shishodia is purportedly heard saying Singh hit his car and damaged other vehicles. In a 30-second video clip of the purported incident, Shishodia can be seen slapping the man and abusing him.

Shishodia has more than 5 million followers on Instagram and 3 million followers on his YouTube channel Raj-Veer Fitness Series.

Neetika Jha is a Correspondent with The Indian Express. She covers crime, health, environment as well as stories of human interest, in Noida, Ghaziabad and western UP. When not on the field she is probably working on another story idea. On weekends, she loves to read fiction over a cup of coffee. The Thursday Murder club, Yellow Face and Before the Coffee Gets Cold were her recent favourites. She loves her garden as much as she loves her job. She is an alumnus of Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. ... Read More

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