Popular YouTuber and social media influencer Elvis Yadav, who was booked for using snake venom at rave parties, has denied all allegations. In a video released on Instagram on Friday, the Bigg Boss OTT winner said he will fully cooperate with the police probe and is ready to “take responsibility” if found guilty.
Denying all charges, he said: “All these accusations of me being arrested for consumption or acquisition of substance are untrue. I am ready to cooperate with the Noida police and UP CM Yogi Adityanath. If I am found even 0.1% involved in this, I am ready to take responsibility.”
Meanwhile, BJP MP and former Union minister Maneka Gandhi, whose NGO People for Animals filed a complaint against Elvish, called for his immediate arrest. "This is a grade 1 crime, seven years in jail, a wildlife crime. King cobras die when their venom is taken out. Their venom is for digesting food. Without the venom, they can't eat anything and thus they die. There are very few cobras and pythons in the country. It is a crime to own them, catch them or use them," she told ANI.
Maneka added that Elvish uses endangered species of snakes in his videos. Five accused have been arrested so far.
UP Forest minster Arun Kumar Saxena said that legal action will be taken against anyone who is found guilty, be it celebrity or common man. Noida police busted the rave party on Thursday night and recovered poisonous snakes including five cobras and snake venom. Snake venom is increasingly being used in rave parties as a psycho-active substance.
