‘Give me love in my next birth’: 'UK07 Rider' Anurag Dobhal’s message to mother before Fortuner crash on Delhi–Meerut Expressway

GHAZIABAD: “When I return in the next birth, please give me love,” Anurag Dobhal (28), YouTuber and former Bigg Boss 17 contestant known as “UK07 Rider”, told his mother during an Instagram livestream moments before his Toyota Fortuner crashed into a divider on the Delhi–Meerut Expressway near Dasna on Saturday night.More than 80,000 people were watching the stream as Dobhal appeared visibly distressed and spoke about feeling alone and overwhelmed. Moments before the crash, Dobhal turned the camera towards the windscreen and speedometer as the SUV accelerated. The vehicle then suddenly swerved towards the median and slammed into the divider with massive force. According to Surendra Nath Tiwari, DCP (Rural), police received information about the crash around 10.20pm.

Dobhal was travelling towards Delhi from Meerut when the accident occurred near a restaurant in the Dasna area. “The SUV hit the divider, crossed into the opposite lane and flipped several times,” the officer said. The impact was so severe that the vehicle was badly mangled and its wheels were torn off. Police suspect the car was travelling at nearly 150–160 kmph at the time of the crash. Investigators are examining whether the crash was an attempted suicide.

“We suspect he may have deliberately turned the vehicle towards the divider to cause self-harm,” Tiwari said.

By the time police reached the spot, Dobhal’s friends had already taken him to hospital after alerting the emergency helpline 112. One of Dobhal’s followers, Ashish Chaudhary from Ghaziabad, said he rushed to the site after witnessing the crash during the livestream. “I was watching his live when the accident happened.

I immediately went there with my friends. Some passersby were already trying to rescue him. We pulled him out of the mangled vehicle and took him to Subharti Hospital in Meerut, which was the nearest,” he said. On Sunday morning, Dobhal was referred to a private hospital in Delhi after his condition worsened. Police said a team has been formed to investigate the sequence of events and examine his recent social media posts.

His family has not lodged any complaint so far, and officers plan to question him once his condition stabilises. Dobhal, who hails from Uttarakhand, rose to prominence through travel, biking and lifestyle content on YouTube and built a large online following known as “Brosena”. His YouTube channel has nearly 8 million subscribers, while his Instagram account has about 7.6 million followers. In recent days, some of his posts had raised concern among followers. On March 4, he uploaded a nearly two-hour vlog describing it as his “last video”, claiming he was recording it in “deep mental distress” after not eating for five days. In the video, he alleged that conflicts with his family over his inter-caste marriage had pushed him towards “self-harm”.