Overview
- About 40 students from the Gurukul Seva Trust in Shahjahanpur pooled pocket savings into a piggy bank and mailed it with a letter to Yadav’s Kundra address on February 21 while he was jailed.
- A 29-second video shared widely shows the students congratulating him on his release and saying they were upset he had not acknowledged their letter or funds.
- Speaking to PTI, Yadav said he had only just returned home on interim bail, was reconnecting with family, and was still gathering details about those who helped him.
- He initially thought the children were from an orphanage, then, after learning they study at a gurukul, promised to meet them, hug them, and take photographs.
- School chairman Kumar Sagar said the piggy bank was collectively filled and topped up before dispatch, while reports do not confirm whether Yadav actually received it; he was jailed over a loan dispute tied to a reported ₹5 crore borrowing for his 2010 film and is now out on interim bail.