Yadav was among the six people named in an FIR lodged at Noida's Sector 49 Police Station on November 3 last year on a complaint from a representative of animal rights NGO People for Animals (PFA). 

"The accused has been arrested by a team of Sector 20 police station which was investigating the case," Additional DCP (Noida) Manish Mishra stated. During the probe, the case was transferred from Sector 49 police station to Sector 20 police station, he added. 

The complainant Sagar Thakur, a Delhi resident, also claimed that Yadav "tried to break his spine" and "threatened to kill him". Thakur is a content creator with over 1.6 million subscribers on YouTube, 8,90,000 followers on Instagram and 2,50,000 followers on X.

Elvish Yadav, known for his YouTube content and as the winner of Bigg Boss OTT 2, found himself embroiled in legal troubles following a police raid on a rave party in Noida in November 2023.