Prithvi Shaw attack case: Four persons arrested; Sapna Gill denies charges, claims India cricketer hit her

Shaw
was
allegedly
manhandled
by
a
social
media
influencer
and
a
few
others
following
an
argument
over
taking
selfies
at
a
hotel
in
Mumbai.

The
police
on
Saturday
(February
18)
claimed
that
as
many
as
four
people
have
been
arrested
so
far,
while
an
equal
number
of
people
are
wanted.

Prithvi
Shaw
selfie
brawl
case:
Mumbai
Police
arrests
social
media
influencer
Sapna
Gill;
timeline
of
events

A
police
complaint
was
filed
on
February
14,
after
the
cricketer
was
allegedly
manhandled
and
his
car
attacked
with
a
baseball
bat
following
a
row
that
started
in
a
luxury
hotel
in
the
early
hours
of
Wednesday
over
clicking
selfies.

Sapna
Gill
was
taken
into
custody
on
Thursday
(February
16)
evening
and
her
friend
Shobhit
Thakur
(19)
was
held
on
Saturday.

Eight
persons
were
charged
with
rioting,
assault,
putting
a
person
in
fear
of
death
or
of
grievous
in
order
to
commit
extortion,
criminal
intimidation
and
other
offences
by
Oshiwara
police
in
connection
with
the
incident
on
the
complaint
of
Shaw’s
friend
Ashish
Yadav.

The
complaint
also
said
that
both
of
them
(Gill
and
Thakur)
were
in
an
inebriated
condition.

A
probe
has
found
Thakur,
from
Lokhandwala
in
the
western
suburb
of
Andheri,
has
played
a
vital
role
in
the
incident,
the
police
official
said.

As
per
police,
Gill
and
Thakur
had
approached
Shaw
for
selfies,
which
led
to
an
argument
as
the
cricketer
refused
to
oblige
after
a
couple
of
mobile
phone
photographs.

Gill
and
Thakur
as
well
as
six
friends
waited
for
Shaw
and
his
friend
outside
the
hotel
and
chased
them
and
also
broke
their
car’s
windscreen
with
a
baseball
bat.
Sensing
trouble,
Shaw
shifted
to
another
car,
while
Yadav
drove
the
attacked
vehicle
to
Oshiwara
police
station
and
lodged
a
complaint.

Meanwhile,
advocate
Ali
Kashif
Khan,
representing
Gill,
said
“a
case
of
a
brawl,
fight
and
verbal
spat
between
the
parties
has
been
given
the
colour
of
a
fake
extortion
case”.

In
her
statement
to
the
court
Gill
has
claimed
that
she
doesn’t
know
who
Shaw
is
and
even
alleged
that
the
young
India
cricketer
had
hit
her
on
the
arms
and
chest.
She
even
claimed
that
she
never
asked
for
any
selfies
with
the
cricketer.

(With
PTI
inputs)