Prithvi Shaw Selfie Row: ‘They hit me hit baseball bat, touched my private parts,’ alleges Sapna Gill

In
an
incident
which
took
place
last
Wednesday
outside
a
luxury
hotel
at
Santacruz
in
Mumbai,
Gill
and
seven
others
allegedly
attacked
Shaw
and
his
friends
after
being
denied
a
selfie
with
the
Delhi
Capitals
(DC)
captain.

In
a
viral
video,
Gill
can
be
holding
a
baseball
bat
while
getting
into
an
altercation
with
the
star
cricketer.
The
car
of
Shaw’s
friend
was
also
vandalised
by
Gill
and
her
friends
reportedly.
The
accused
were
booked
under
Indian
Penal
Code
sections
143
(unlawful
assembly),
148
(rioting),
387
(putting
a
person
in
fear
of
death
or
of
grievous
hurt
in
order
to
commit
extortion)
and
506
(criminal
intimidation).

Sapna
Gill
complaint

Gill
on
Monday
lodged
a
complaint
against
India
cricketer
Prithvi
Shaw
for
allegedly
“outraging
her
modesty”.
Gill’s
application,
filed
on
Monday
through
her
advocate
Kaashif
Ali
Khan
at
Airport
police
station
in
Andheri,
seeks
an
FIR
against
Shaw,
his
friend
Ashish
Yadav
and
others
for
alleged
molestation
and
outraging
of
modesty,
according
to
a
PTI
report.

“Criminal
complaint
registered
against
Prithvi
Shaw,
Ashish
Surendra
Yadav,
Brijesh
&
others
(not
known
to
complainant)
for
illegal
acts
of
molesting
and
outraging
the
modesty
of
Sapna
Gill
u/s
34,
120b,
144,
146,
148,
149,
323,
324,
351,
354
&
509
of
IPC,”
Adv
Ali
Kaashif
Deshmukh
has
said.

Sapna
Gill
fresh
allegations

The
social
media
influencer
has
now
alleged
that
she
interrupted
only
after
her
friend
was
being
assaulted
by
Shaw
and
his
friend.
Gill
has
further
added
that
she
was
beaten
by
a
baseball
bat,
slapped
and
her
private
parts
were
touched.

“We
didn’t
beat
anyone,
nor
did
we
ask
for
money.
They
put
the
wrong
allegations
about
us.
I
didn’t
ask
for
any
selfies,”
she
told
news
agency
ANI.

Sapna
said
she
was
trying
to
save
her
friend
after
he
saw
him
being
beaten
up
by
the
cricketer
and
his
friends.
“I
went
there
and
stopped
them.
My
friend
tried
to
make
a
video
to
show
the
proof.
They
beat
me
with
a
baseball
after
I
tried
to
save
my
friend.
One
or
two
people
hit
me
and
touched
my
private
parts,
and
even
slapped
me,”
she
added.

According
to
Gill,
her
friend
Shobhit
Thakur
had
gone
to
a
club
on
February
15
when
they
had
seen
Shaw
in
an
allegedly
inebriated
condition.
She
has
added
that
Shobhit
is
a
cricket
fan
and
hence
approached
the
23-year-old
for
a
selfie
which
led
to
the
ugly
brawl.

“Thakur,
who
is
just
a
teenager,
was
unaware
of
the
brutality
of
the
drunken
mob.
Thakur
was
helpless
and
was
unable
to
defend
himself.
Hence,
she
(Gill)
intervened
and
entered
the
fray
trying
to
stop
Shaw
and
others
from
further
harming
and
injuring
Thakur,”
as
per
the
application,
said
the
PTI
report.

Furthermore,
the
application
mentioned
that
Gill
begged
and
pleaded
with
Shaw,
who
was
“inebriated”
at
the
time
of
the
incident.

Gill’s
application
alleged
Shaw
outraged
her
modesty,
an
offence
punishable
under
354
(molestation)
and
other
provisions
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code.

Prithvi
Shaw
Selfie
Row:
What
police
said?

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

Gill
and
his
friends
had
waited
for
Shaw
and
his
friend
outside
the
hotel
and
allegedly
chased
them
and
also
broke
their
car’s
windscreen
with
a
baseball
bat.

This
is
absolutely
ridiculous!
Prithvi
Shaw,
stay
strong
????

pic.twitter.com/O1CMisNOzh

—
Farid
Khan
(@_FaridKhan)

February
16,
2023

Shaw
shifted
to
another
car
on
sensing
the
trouble
while
his
friend
Ashish
drove
the
attacked
vehicle
to
Oshiwara
police
station
and
lodged
a
complaint.