Nikhil Singh (YouTuber)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nikhil Singh (YouTuber)

• In June 2022, Nikhil Singh began uploading travel videos on his YouTube channel.

  

• Later, he began uploading political videos on his channel in which he talked about politics and discusses various current affairs.

• In August 2023, Nikhil took part in a protest in Jammu and Kashmir against Rohingya refugees in the state.

• In February 2024, Nikhil Singh posted a video on his YouTube channel in which he exposed his alma mater Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, showing the drug consumption and prostitution happening there. He did a sting operation for the video.

• In the video, he blamed Indian politician Ashok Mittal for the issues in Lovely Professional University who is also the Chancellor of the university.

• On 3 March 2024, Punjab Police came to Nikhil’s house in Jammu to arrest him for violating the Section 295A, 153, 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 3 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.

• According to Nikhil, he was not at home at that time and was already present at the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to discuss the matter with his lawyers. He also revealed that the FIR which Punjab Police brought along with them, did not have his name written on it.

• The same day, he was arrested by Punjab Police outside the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, from where he was being taken to Punjab. The police were stopped by Nikhil’s fans, supporters, and friends who ambushed the police van near Vijaynagar in Jammu and managed to get Nikhil out of arrest as the police did not have any evidence or official report against the YouTuber.

• After the incident, Nikhil’s family was interviewed, during which his mother claimed that the Punjab Police did not only come to arrest Nikhil but came to shoot him. She also revealed that the police manhandled other male members of his family. She said,
  

  The Punjab police has manhandled  my husband and an uncle who was with us and they were taking my son forcefully to court, but when our local youth tried to stopped their way a cop among them trained his gun at them. This is clear if my son would have crossed Lakhanpur they had shot him dead.”

• He is an ardent follower of Hinduism and is often seen promoting it on his Instagram account. He is a member of many Hindu nationalist organisations including Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bajrang Dal, Yuva Rajput Sabha J&K, and Bharatiya Gau Raksha Dal.