Prithvi Shaw booked for allegedly molesting and physically assaulting social media influencer Sapna Gill

India cricketer Prithvi Shaw and his friend Ashish Surendra Yadav have been booked following a criminal complaint against them filed before Andheri Magistrate by social media influencer Sapna Gill. In her complaint, Sapna accused Shaw and his friend of committing inhuman acts of molesting her in a public place, outraging her modesty and physically assaulting her with a deadly weapon.

In a shocking revelation, Sapna said that the cricketer placed his hands on her breasts and pushed her away. An FIR under sections 354, 509, and 324 of IPC has been filed for assaulting her with a bat, and she also attached the medical proof of a government hospital along with it which is an important document to prove sexual assault. Earlier, Sapna was arrested in the same case and now she claims that she is a victim.

"The Complainant states that, the above prima facie criminal acts have rendered the Accused & his friends liable for prosecution under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and thus, in the light of the above mentioned acts and in great anticipation, she has filed this present complaint before this Hon’ble Court for the offences under section 34, 120B, 144, 146, 148, 149, 323, 324, 351, 354 & 509 Section of the Indian Penal Code," the complaint read as reported by Times Now.

“A criminal complaint was also filed against Airport police station officers Satish Kawankar and Bhagavat Garande under section 166A of IPC for not discharging their duties to register FIR under section 354 of IPC against Prithvi Shaw and others on the complaint of a woman. Both the matters are listed on 17 April for hearing," Sapna’s lawyer Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan was quoted as saying by Times Now.

Notably, on February 16, 2023, Oshiwara police arrested social media influencer Sapna Gill for allegedly assaulting Prithvi Shaw at a nightclub in Mumbai. The brawl took place after Shaw had allegedly denied taking selfies with Sapna and her friends at Barrel Mansion Club in Vile Parle East.

The video of the incident went viral on social media where Sapna and Shaw were seen fighting. Four days after her arrest, a court granted bail to Sapna and the other three accused.

Sapna's Lawyer claims Shaw hit her with a bat

Sapna has further claimed in her complaint that the FIR against her was registered on "completely false and bogus allegations".

Sapna Gill's lawyer advocate Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh had also alleged that 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 with his bat to Sapna. Then the next day, he went to the police and filed the case," claimed Deshmukh.