Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka arrested in Sydney for sexual assault

It
has
been
learnt
that
the
31-year-old
Gunathilaka
was
arrested
and
taken
to
Sydney
City
police
station
in
the
wee
hours
of
Sunday
following
an
investigation
into
alleged
sexual
assault
of
a
woman
on
November
2.

“Daushka
Gunathilaka
has
been
arrested
for
an
alleged
rape.
The
Sri
Lankan
team
has
left
Australia
without
him,”
a
source
close
to
the
Sri
Lankan
team
told
PTI.

Sri
Lankan
team
was
eliminated
from
the
tournament
after
losing
to
England
on
Sunday.
The
left-handed
batter
played
against
Namibia
in
the
first
round
match
of
the
ongoing
T20
World
Cup
and
was
out
for
a
duck.

Later,
he
was
ruled
out
of
the
tournament
due
to
an
injury
even
as
the
team
qualified
for
the
Super
12
stage.
The
Lankan
team
finished
fourth
in
Group
1.

The
New
South
Wales
police,
on
its
website,
has
also
mentioned
about
the
arrest
of
an
unnamed
Sri
Lankan
national.

“Sex
Crimes
Squad
detectives
have
charged
a
Sri
Lankan
national
following
an
investigation
into
the
alleged
sexual
assault
of
a
woman
in
Sydney’s
east
last
week,”
the
report
said.

According
to
details
on
the
wesbite,
a
29-year-old
woman
had
been
sexually
assaulted
at
a
residence
in
Rose
Bay
earlier
this
week.

“The
woman
met
with
the
man
after
communicating
with
him
for
a
number
of
days
via
an
online
dating
application;
it’s
alleged
he
then
sexually
assaulted
her
on
the
evening
of
Wednesday
2
November
2022.

“As
part
of
ongoing
investigations,
a
crime
scene
examination
was
undertaken
by
specialist
police
at
an
address
in
Rose
Bay
yesterday.
Following
further
inquiries,
a
31-year-old
man
was
arrested
at
a
hotel
on
Sussex
Street,
Sydney,
shortly
before
1am
today
(Sunday
6
November
2022),”
the
report
added.

Sri
Lanka
Cricket
(SLC)
is
yet
to
issue
a
statement
on
the
matter.