The Cyber Cell of the Mumbai crime branch has arrested three YouTubers for uploading soft porn, on the pretext of sharing prank video content. Two of the accused were arrested from Malad, and one from Thane. They have been identified as Mukesh Gupta, Jitendra Gupta and Prince Kumar.

Sources in the crime branch have told mid-day that there is gang of YouTubers that has been uploading explicit videos on their channels, and they have been operating for nearly five years now. “More arrests are likely, as it is a big racket,” said a senior officer in the Mumbai crime branch.