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Gurugram Creator Arrested Over Video Feeding Chicken Momos to Cow as Police Probe Paid-Stunt Claim

Investigators are verifying his statement that he received ₹3,000 to stage the clip.

Overview

  • The incident was recorded on December 2 in Sector 56 HUDA Market during a Prism app live stream, where the man offered leftover chicken momos to a cow after confirming the filling.
  • Activists linked to cow-protection groups and Bajrang Dal shared the clip, confronted him at his New Colony home, allegedly beat and paraded him, and then took him to the Sector-56 police station.
  • An FIR was registered on a complaint by Chaman Khatana under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 299 and 325, covering deliberate acts outraging religious feelings and harm to animals.
  • Police identified the accused as 28-year-old Ritik Chandna, who confessed, apologized in a video saying he was influenced by online attention and money, and has been granted bail.
  • Officers say Chandna claimed he was paid ₹3,000 to create the video, and they are working to verify the alleged payment and any involvement of others.