Overview
- Police say YouTuber Elvish Yadav reported a ₹10 crore extortion bid on WhatsApp on May 5, with the sender threatening to shoot him and his father within two days.
- The messages came from an international number that named Randeep Malik and invoked the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which investigators have not verified.
- Gurugram Police registered an FIR at Sector-56 police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for extortion and criminal intimidation.
- The case was moved to the Gurgaon Crime Branch, which is tracing the number and has not reported any arrests.
- Yadav has faced prior targeting and legal scrutiny, including a shooting outside his home in August 2025 with later arrests and a snake-venom case the Supreme Court quashed in March 2026.