Without wasting any time, let’s come straight to the point. The 80-year-old owner of now-popular 'Baba Ka Dhaba' in South Delhi, Kanta Prasad, has filed a complaint against YouTuber Gaurav Wasan who helped them get customers from all across the places. 

This video completely broke my heart. Dilli waalon please please go eat at बाबा का ढाबा in Malviya Nagar if you get a chance #SupportLocal pic.twitter.com/5B6yEh3k2H

The elderly couple shot to fame after Wasan shot the video of the elderly man and his wife on October 7, which showed the couple talking teary-eyed about lack of customers at the eatery in Malviya Nagar. 

As soon as the video went viral on social media, several people generously started making donations to the couple. The couple went from crying for help to all smiling within a few days of fame on social media.

The Smile Says it all #BabaKaDhabha pic.twitter.com/n0y7u90aEz

Then what went wrong? Why have they filed the complaint against the YouTuber?

The elderly couple have filed a case on Wasan for allegedly misappropriating money that was raised to help him and his wife.

On Sunday, Prasad told The Indian Express he has only received a cheque of Rs 2 lakh from Wasan. “I don’t get a lot of customers now; most people come here to take selfies… Earlier I was earning over Rs 10,000 per day, now it’s Rs 3,000-Rs 5,000,” he said. 

As per  the reports, the complaint filed by Prasad, along with a group of men, at Malviya Nagar police station Saturday claims Wasan “deliberately shared his and his family’s bank details and collected a huge amount as donation”.

To this, DCP (South) Atul Kumar Thakur told The Indian Express that, “We received the complaint yesterday and are enquiring into it.” No FIR has been registered yet.

IE in its report mentioned that Wasan denied the allegations and said he transferred all the money into Prasad’s account. 

“When I shot the video, I didn’t know it would become this big. I didn’t want people to harass Baba (Prasad) so I shared my bank details,” he said. 

Wasan shared three receipts of the transactions, all dated October 27 — two cheques of Rs 1,00,000 and Rs 2,33,000 and one receipt of bank payment of Rs 45,000. He said this was the amount of money collected in the three days. Besides, he also put up a bank statement on Facebook in which the total money credited in the three days is around Rs 3.5 lakh. Asked about the other two transactions, Prasad said he hasn’t been able to check his account as he doesn’t carry his phone.

While some YouTubers alleged Wasan received Rs 20 to 25 lakh, Wasan denied it. “We have initiated legal action against the YouTubers,” he told the media outlet.

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