Assam’s richest YouTuber Mustafizur Rahman arrested on charges of using minors in his videos

Mustafizur Rahman, a YouTuber from Assam and reportedly the richest YouTuber from the region, was arrested from Jogighopa on February 28.

The YouTuber was arrested on charges of using minors in his video shoots which as per the complainant is sending out a wrong message to the society.

A team of police arrested Mustafizur Rahman from a shooting spot in Satpara, Jogighopa.

As per the complainant children were being used in videos shot by Rahman which is against the law. Meanwhile, the Bongaigaon district child protection officer has lodged an FIR against the YouTuber at Jogighopa police station.
Jogighopa police have launched a probe into the incident. 

"Who is a YouTuber? A YouTuber is one who makes vlogs, who appears in his own videos. For the past few days, he (Mustafizur Rahman) has been making video content on children, which might give a bad message to the society. Allegedly few of this content even portray child abuse. Such content entirely portrays a wrong message to the public and to entire society. Few days ago, we raised an issue in this regard with the Goalpara child protection official and a complaint filed against Mustafizur Rahman. Following this, a show cause notice was filed against the YouTuber", said the complainant while speaking to the reporters.

Rahman who hails from Goalpara is allegedly the richest YouTuber in Assam.
Mustafizur Rahman is currently lodges at Jogighopa police station. 

A vehicle without documents were also seized from the possession of Mustafizur Rahman.

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