Prithvi Shaw selfie controversy: Woman claims cricketer was 'drunk and hit her with bat'

Mumbai (Maharashtra), February 16: Cricketer Prithvi Shaw was "drunk" and hit her with his bat, claimed the lawyer of a woman arrested on Thursday for allegedly attacking the batsman after he refused to take a selfie with her friends.

Sapna Gill, a social media influencer, was arrested, according to an official from Oshiwara Police Station. She is one of the eight accused persons named in the complaint. According to Gill's lawyer, advocate Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh, Shaw hit the woman with his bat.

"In the five-star hotel, social media influencer Sapna Gill just went to Prithvi Shaw as a fan for taking a selfie with him. They were having a party, Prithvi Shaw was drunk and he was holding a bat in his hand and he hit his bat to Sapna. Then the next day, he went to the police and filed the case," Deshmukh said.

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The lawyer went on to say that they will file the case against the cricketer.

"Now, we will file the case against Prithvi Shaw because he was drunk. He drove the car as well in a drunken state and we also got to know that he had hit one bike too. He has beaten influencer Sapna with the bat. We will file a case under sections 354, 509 and 334 on him. Sapna gill and Prithvi shaw have no past relationship with each other, she just went to take a selfie with him. We are trying to get influencer bail and then we will file the FIR against the cricketer," he said.

Earlier in the day, DCP Anil Paraskar said, "An offence was registered in Oshiwara Police Station in Mumbai under the sections of unlawful assembly, extortion and other sections. The accused damaged the car of the complainant and then demanded Rs 50,000 to let go of the matter. One accused arrested and efforts are underway to nab others."

Notably, eight people have been charged with assaulting Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw for the second time after the batsman refused to take a selfie with them.

Shaw was in the car when the accused attacked it. Shaw was eventually moved to another vehicle. The accused also followed Prithvi Shaw's friend's vehicle.

According to the complainant, Shaw had gone to a five-star hotel in Santacruz with his friends for dinner when some unknown people approached their table and insisted on a selfie.

The cricketer obliged two people with selfies, but the same group later returned, demanding more selfies. Shaw declined, stating that he had come to eat with friends and did not want to be disturbed.

When they insisted on taking selfies, Prithvi's friend complained to the hotel manager. Following this, the hotel manager asked the accused to leave.

The accused were waiting outside the hotel when Shaw and his friend returned from dinner, and they attacked them with baseball bats and smashed the front and rear windows of their car.

Shaw's friend's car was stopped near Jogeshwari's Lotus petrol pump. A lady approached the car and began abusing them.

The complainant went on to say that the lady demanded Rs 50,000 or she would file a false case.

Following the incident, the complainant went to Oshiwara Police Station and filed a report.

Further investigations are underway.