YouTuber Dhruv Rathee Reacts To Viral Posts Claiming His Wife Is Pakistani

A few viral posts claimed that Mr Rathee's "real name" is Badruddin Rashid Lahori and his wife, Julie, is a Pakistani national called Zulaikha.

Popular YouTube Dhruv Rathee on Tuesday addressed false reports circulating on social media regarding his wife. A few viral posts claimed that Mr Rathee's "real name" is Badruddin Rashid Lahori and his wife, Julie, is a Pakistani national called Zulaikha with the couple living in underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's bungalow in Karachi under the protection of the Pakistani military. They have no answer to the videos I made so they're spreading these fake claims.And how desperate do you have to be to drag my wife's family into this? You can also see the disgusting moral standard of these IT Cell employees. pic.twitter.com/sqWj8vaJaY

Such posts have gained traction on social media recently after Mr Rathee's critical videos on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP government. 

"They have no answer to the videos I made so they're spreading these fake claims. And how desperate do you have to be to drag my wife's family into this? You can also see the disgusting moral standard of these IT Cell employees," Mr Rathee said in response to the claims.