German Influencer Asked To Leave Church Street By Bengaluru Police, Months After Ed Sheeran Row
Five months after British singer Ed Sheeran was stopped by Bengaluru police during his jamming session at Church Street, a similar incident has unfolded again. Bengaluru police on Wednesday briefly took away German social media influencer Younes Zarou after a large crowd gathered around him.
According to the officials, Zarou went to Church Street without having any permission for a large gathering.
A video shared on Younes Zarou's Instagram story showed the cops taking him away amid the massive crowd. In a second story, the German influencer gave an update and posted a picture with the officials smiling and standing between two Bengaluru police officers. All three are posing for the camera indoors.
Younes Zarou, was born on January 26, 1998, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is a German social media content creator and one of the most-followed TikTok influencers globally.
He rose to fame in August 2019 after posting videos on TikTok featuring colorful camera-trick illusion videos using everyday items like paint, smart angles, and fast edits.
During the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, he livestreamed his life non-stop for a month with up to 200,000 viewers, launching the viral #stayathome challenge.
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