A court in Mumbai has directed the police to conduct an inquiry into social media influencer Sapna Gill’s complaint of molestation against cricketer Prithvi Shaw in 2023. The court dismissed Gill’s plea seeking action against the police for not registering a First Information Report (FIR) against Shaw and others on her complaint. Shaw had denied the allegations against him.Stay updated on Prithvi Shaw’s legal case against Sapna Gill.
Gill had alleged that Shaw molested her at a pub in suburban Andheri. She was arrested in February 2023 in connection with an attack on Shaw following an argument over clicking selfies at a suburban hotel and is currently out on bail.
After being granted bail, Gill had approached the Airport police station in Andheri with a complaint against Shaw, his friend Ashish Yadav, and others for alleged molestation and outraging modesty. She later moved to the magistrate court after the police didn’t register a case against the cricketer.
Sapna Gill launched complaint
Gill, in her complaint, sought registration of an FIR under IPC sections 354 (molestation), 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), and 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) against Shaw and his friend Ashish Yadav for assaulting her with a bat.
However, the police told the court that Gill’s allegation against Shaw regarding the molestation incident at a pub in suburban Andheri was false and unfounded. The police stated that CCTV footage of the pub showed that Gill and her friend Shobit Thakur were drunk and dancing.
Thakur had gone to record Shaw on his mobile phone, but the cricketer stopped him from taking videos. Upon perusal of the footage, it did not appear that Shaw and others molested Gill in any way, according to the police.
The police also stated that they recorded the statements of witnesses at the pub, who stated that no one had molested Gill. They also examined CCTV footage of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower, which is in the vicinity, and it was seen that the social media influencer was following Shaw’s car with a baseball bat in her hand. It was seen that she had broken the glass of the cricketer’s car, police added.
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