The small eatery ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ in Malviya Nagar saw hundreds of customers after a video shot by YouTuber Gaurav Wasan showing the plight of its 80-year-old owner Kanta Prasad amid the pandemic went viral on social media. However, the story took a startling turn when the humanitarian effort by Wasan was questioned by Prasad aka ‘Baba’, who filed a case against the YouTuber for cheating. The Delhi Police registered a case against Wasan for allegedly misappropriating the funds received as donation for the owner of ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ on Friday.
Now, a video of Wasan has surfaced where he comes clean on the allegation. Talking to a radio channel, the video has gone viral and shows the food blogger explaining how he feels ‘torn’ and ‘cheated’ due to the allegations against him. In the video, he says that he has lost faith in humanity as Prasad had claimed that he never invited the YouTuber’s help.
Baba says Gaurav's biggest mistake was to 'make that video'!
As police registers a case against Gaurav Wasan, he tells @MirchiVidit the REAL reason why he helped #BabaKaDhaba
Today, he feels cheated, dejected, torn. Does he deserve this? #GauravWasan #Mirchi pic.twitter.com/D5MqoBPEZp— Sayema (@_sayema) November 6, 2020
In the case registered against the YouTuber, Prasad had accused Wasan of ‘intentionally sharing only his and his family/friends bank details and mobile numbers with the donors and collected a huge amount of donation without providing any information to the complainant’. However, Easan had denied all allegations and said that he transferred all the money into Prasad’s account and even shared details of the transaction receipts.
Following Wasan’s video, many netizens hoped that this does not deter people from helping others in need. However, they also conceded that ‘Bhalai Ka Zamana Hi Nahi Raha’. However, there were many who sided with Prasad too. Check out the tweets below:
This makes the phrase: “Bhalai ka to zamana hi nahi raha” come true
— Sania Saleem (@SaniaSaleem1215) November 7, 2020
This is sad to see.... hope this experience does not deter Gaurav or others from doing good.
— Meghna Girish (@megirish2001) November 7, 2020
Let’s flip the scenario again. Let’s make that #BabaKaDhabha reach at same spot where it was few months back. Simple
— αι® 2.0 (@SonicSamir) November 6, 2020
Baba is reason why no one wants to get his hands dirty by helping others. Really shameful.
— Old Monk (@OldMonkOfIndia) November 6, 2020
He says in this vid that accnt was frozen. So its also likely tht baba,who wudn't understnd all banking stuff,was distraught at his account bein frozen?Communication error?Indeed sad tht Gaurav had t go thru all this. Its extremely hurtful t have such allegations thrown at you.
— Voila (@NotFakeOnlyAnon) November 6, 2020
He never should have collected the funds in his own bank account. The account of that old man should have been shared on social media. A lesson for everyone. Never stop doing good deeds. However, in these times, one must be extra careful.
— Usman (@usman_gms) November 7, 2020
Mam, one should not blindly believe anybody. Police have found evidences of money swindled. This person had given his and his parents bank accounts for collecting donation.
— Rajesh Gupta (@Rajeshguptablog) November 7, 2020
(Source: Twitter)
