ES Reporter 

ITANAGAR, May 28: Paras Singh, the YouTuber arrested from Punjab for making racial comments against MLA Ninong Ering was remanded to one-day police custody by the CJM, Yupia following a request from the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the case.
On receipt of an FIR from Ering on May 24 last, a CB-PS Case (No. 05/2021 u/s 124-A/153-A/505(2) of the IPC) was registered against the YouTuber who was also charged with inciting ill will and hatred towards the people of Arunachal Pradesh through his video posted on his YouTube channel. He was brought to the state capital on Thursday night from Ludhiana by the SIT led by Inspector Techi Vijay, Ct. G.L. Ray and Ct. Aman Kumar Meena, accompanied by OC Ngilyang Lali. The SIT secured a three-day transit remand from the Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ludhiana to bring the accused to Arunachal Pradesh, a senior police official said. The 22-year-old will be again produced before the court virtually on Saturday.
A senior police officer claimed that the YouTuber made the controversial comment to gain publicity and boost income through his channels on the video-sharing website which are monetised. In a video posted on Saturday on his YouTube channel dealing with mobile games, Paras had made racist comments against senior Congress MLA Ninong Ering and Arunachal Pradesh. His remarks were regarding a letter written by Ering to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to ban the re-launch of PUBG Mobile India’s new avatar Battlegrounds Mobile India. The YouTuber, however, apologised for the comments in another video posted on Monday.
SIT SP Rohit Rajbir Singh said that Paras earns money through two YouTube channels and one of them, with 3.94 lakh subscribers, exclusively deals with how to play PUBG. In his letter to the PM, Ering had claimed that the mobile game was aimed at deceiving the government and citizens and should be banned in the country. The YouTuber was angry with Ering because if the game is banned, his income will go down, the SIT chief said. He made the controversial video also to gain widespread attention and get more views to increase his income which is around Rs 20,000-Rs 25000 per month, the police officer claimed. His other channel, which has 4.67 lakh subscribers, provides viewers information and tips on new dresses, weapons and skins of games like COD mobile and PUBG, the SP said. A skin is a graphic or audio download that changes the appearance of characters in video games.
The 22-year-old accused has studied up to class 10 and lives with his mother. He earns money through his YouTube channels. With PTI inputs

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