Shubham was eyeing role in TV reality show, says police

Vadodara: YouTuber Shubham Mishra, who was arrested by the city police for abusing a stand-up comedian was eyeing a role in a reality show hosted by Bollywood star Salman Khan. Mishra told the police that he was an avid social media user and posted his videos regularly on his Instagram and YouTube account.
“He said that he is very popular among youngsters and we learnt that he was expecting to get into a reality show as a participant.Mishra has over three lakh followers online,” said Bharat Rathod, ACP (cybercrime).
The 26-year-old was booked by the cybercrime cell on Sunday night after his video abusing stand-up comedian Agrima Joshua went viral over three days ago.
Though this is the first offence registered against him, Mishra has posted several such abusive videos on his YouTube account in the past. One of his recent videos too was full of expletives for Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey who was later killed in a police encounter. Mishra is seen abusing Dubey and challenging him to enter Gujarat.
Having failed in HSC, Mishra started his YouTube channel two years ago. He is an ardent fan of another YouTuber popular by the name of Hindustani Bhau who too is known for his videos full of expletives. Mishra had posted a video full of expletives with Hindustani Bhau 10 months ago wherein they both are seen abusing Pakistani YouTubers.
“One of his videos in connection with comedian Kunal Kamra had also gone viral but no offence was registered against him that time,” Rathod told TOI.
Mishra had on Saturday posted a video on his Instagram account wherein he is seen sitting in a car and hurling abuses at stand-up comedian Agrima Joshua who had made some funny remarks on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue to be constructed in Maharashtra. The video went viral with even the National Commission for Women taking note of it. The city police swung into action against Mishra after the NCW asked Gujarat DGP to act against him.