Roadies Rebirth Episode 3: Abhishek Malhan's Fight With Bani J and Baseer Ali — Is Gang NewG Already Cracking?

Roadies fights are usually camp against camp. This one was not. In Episode 3 of Roadies Rebirth, aired on Friday, October 23, Abhishek Malhan got into a fight with Bani J and Baseer Ali — the two leaders who are supposed to be on his own side. KhabriBhai's written update puts it plainly: a rift appeared to be forming within Gang NewG. That is the story of the episode, and it matters more than any single audition, because this season does not let leaders play alone. Here is what is confirmed, what the update does not say, and why a crack inside one camp could shape the whole season.

Quick answers first

What actually happened in Episode 3

Let us be straight about the limits of what is on record, because that is the honest way to cover a fight. KhabriBhai's Episode 3 written update, published on October 24, says Abhishek Malhan got into a fight with Bani J and Baseer Ali during the episode, and that a rift appeared to be forming within Gang NewG. That is what the update reports. It does not give a blow-by-blow of the argument, it does not quote what was said, and it does not name a single trigger for the clash. So this article will not invent one. If you see a post claiming the exact words or the exact cause, treat it as talk until a full episode clip or a second written update backs it up. There is now one more on-record account worth adding: The Times of India (ETimes, October 24) reports the fight started when Abhishek pressed the snatch button for a contestant without discussing it with Bani J and Baseer, which led Bani to accuse him of breaking her trust and Baseer to call him a liar. Abhishek's defence, as reported, was that Bani had also used the snatch button, and that he was willing to play an individual game — before his remark that he did not even know who Bani is, which shocked the other gang leaders. That trigger and that line now have a named source, so they are included here with credit, while the rest of the argument's exact wording remains unconfirmed beyond these reports.

What we do know is the setting. This was an audition episode, and the NewG leaders were in the middle of building their camp. That context is what makes an internal fight different from the usual OG-versus-NewG shouting. When leaders from rival camps argue, it is part of the game. When three leaders who share one camp, one budget, and one set of picks argue with each other, the camp itself starts to look shaky — and the OGs do not have to do a thing.

The tension was already there before Episode 3

Episode 3 did not come out of nowhere. EkSukoon's contestant tracker notes that Abhishek had already faced friction from Bani, who openly stated she finds it hard to trust him. That is EkSukoon's reporting of an earlier on-screen dynamic, and it lines up with how the season opened: in Episode 1, every signing — Sneha, Shine and Preet — went to the OG camp, as per KhabriBhai's Episode 1 update, while the NewG camp landed none of them. A camp that starts empty and already has trust questions between its leaders is exactly the kind of camp where a small disagreement turns into a visible fight.

MTV's own promo trail also pointed this way. A Roadies Rebirth promo titled "Abhishek VS Baseer Fight!" was already doing the rounds before Episode 3 aired. A promo is a teaser, not proof of what happened on air, but it shows the makers knew this pairing had heat in it. Episode 3 is where that heat spilled into the actual episode, at least as the written update reports it.

The one NewG moment in Episode 3 that fans will link to the fight

There is one moment in Episode 3 that viewers will almost certainly connect to the rift, so let us lay it out without jumping to a conclusion. In the first audition, Daksh — a returning face who was ditched by Prince Narula in the Double Cross culling phase — and Shiv, known as Tony, an LGBTQ content creator, both made it through. Daksh was snatched by Gang NewG for 21,000 roadiums, and both Abhishek and Bani tried to snatch him, but Abhishek pressed the secret snatch button on his chair first, so his stamp went on Daksh's arm. Tony was also picked by NewG for 9,000 roadiums, with Bani's stamp on him.

That snatch race is a fact from the episode update. Whether it caused the fight is not stated in the update, and we are not claiming it did. But it shows the pressure inside the camp in one clean picture: two leaders from the same camp both wanted the same contestant, and only one of them could win him. In a season where camp leaders have to agree on picks and strategy, that kind of race can sting, even when the camp as a whole still gets the contestant.

The rest of Episode 3, in brief

Away from the NewG drama, the episode kept the auditions moving. Two girls from the North-East, Nandini Das from Assam and Rai, known as Rex, from Shillong, went through rope climbs, a bandana-snatching contest and a dance battle, but neither was picked in the end. Then Gurjant, a wrestler-turned-actor from Haryana who told the leaders he had a role in Rohit Shetty's Singham Again, and Xerxes, a former Roadies Real Heroes contestant from Odisha, faced off in a bandana battle that ended in a draw — and both were picked by the OG camp, Gurjant for 17,000 roadiums with Nikhil Chinapa's stamp and Xerxes for 12,500 roadiums with Prince Narula's stamp.

Who is Charlie in Roadies Rebirth?

If you have seen "charlie in roadies" trending, here is where it comes from. During Episode 3, in the audition of the two girls from the North-East, it came out that Rai's brother Charlie was part of MTV Roadies Double Cross, the previous season. That is the whole connection, as reported in KhabriBhai's Episode 3 written update: Charlie is Rai's brother and a former Double Cross participant, not a contestant in Rebirth itself. Rai, known as Rex, is a professional singer, rapper and dancer from Shillong, and she auditioned alongside Nandini Das from Assam — though neither girl was picked in the end.

Why a NewG split matters more than a normal Roadies fight

Roadies Rebirth changed the rules in a way that makes internal fights costly. This is not six leaders running six gangs. It is two camps of three leaders each, and each camp starts with a shared budget of 1,00,000 roadiums, as per EkSukoon's format explainer. Camp-level decisions drive contestant picks, strategy and challenges, as per KhabriChachi's format guide. That means Abhishek, Bani and Baseer cannot just agree to disagree and play their own games. They bid from the same pot, they pick for the same camp, and they will face tasks as one camp.

If the rift from Episode 3 carries into the next episodes, NewG has three problems at once. First, bidding gets messy when leaders do not trust each other's calls. Second, contestants can feel the split in the audition room, and nobody wants to join a camp that looks divided. Third, the OGs — Prince, Neha and Nikhil, who have years of Roadies experience between them — do not need to attack NewG at all. They just need to stay steady while NewG sorts itself out. That is why fans are talking about this fight more than the auditions around it.

Where to watch in India

Roadies Rebirth airs on MTV India at 7 PM IST, with new episodes on Friday and Saturday evenings. You can also stream it on JioHotstar and Netflix in India. Episode 3 aired on Friday, October 23, so if you missed the fight, the full episode is the place to check it — not a clipped promo or a fan post, because only the full episode will show how far the argument actually went.

Our verdict

Confirmed: in Episode 3, Abhishek Malhan clashed with Bani J and Baseer Ali, and the episode update reports a rift forming inside Gang NewG. The camp format, the shared roadium budget, and the earlier trust friction between Abhishek and Bani are all on record, and they explain why this fight is a bigger deal than a normal argument. Buzz: the exact trigger, the exact words, and any claim that the camp has broken up for good — none of that is in the written update, and none of the three leaders has put out a statement about it that we could verify. Watch the next episode before calling this a full split. Right now it is a crack, not a break — but in a camp-based season, even a crack is news.