Gaurav Sharma, one of India's biggest YouTubers, has been arrested by the Delhi Police for flying his pet dog after tying it with helium balloons. Yes, you heard it right. Time and again, many cases of animal cruelty have surfaced on the internet and it’s time that such people should be given a taste of their own medicine.

A complaint was received at Malviya Nagar police station, in which the complainant, Gaurav Gupta, belonging to the 'People for Animals Society', alleged that YouTuber Gaurav Sharma, resident of Panchsheel Vihar, and a few others had filmed a video in which they were seen to have tied his pet dog with helium balloons and later they let loose the balloons, thereby making the dog fly in the air and hence, risking its life. The video was shot on May 21, the complainant stated.

“A case was lodged against Sharma under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code, the Disaster Management Act and relevant sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act on the complaint of Gaurav Gupta, a member of ‘People for Animals Society’,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said.

Here’s a part of the video that has now been deleted:

Popular YouTuber #GauravSharma arrested for making his pet dog fly using helium balloons.#GauravSharmaVideo#PetDog#Dollar#AnimalCruelty #animal #AnimalRights #ViralVideo #Viral#Youtuber#arrested pic.twitter.com/u2HCdxkwCn

The video received major flak and he took it down after people started to bash him. After deleting the video, he shared a video apologizing for his actions. He said he took all the safety measures before he carried this stunt. He added, “I am also a pet lover...I got influenced by seeing some videos from outside. I apologize for that and I will appeal to all of those watching to not get influenced by my video.”

His apology hasn’t gone down well with people who are bashing him left, right, and center. People are happy that he got arrested and also added that if he was a dog lover, he wouldn’t have done it in the first place.

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