Court orders police to probe molestation complaint against cricketer Prithvi Shaw

MUMBAI: A metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday directed the Mumbai police to conduct an inquiry into social media influencer Sapna Gills allegations of molestation against cricketer Prithvi Shaw at an Andheri pub in 2023..

Gill had lodged a complaint before a magistrate court in Andheri seeking registration of FIR under sections 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.), 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of the Indian Penal Code against Shaw and his friend Ashish Yadav for assaulting her with a bat in February last year..

Police had earlier told the court that examination of the CCTV footage of the pub shows that Gill and her friend Shobit Thakur were drunk and dancing..

Thakur wanted to record Shaw with his mobile phone, but the cricketer stopped him from taking videos and on perusal of the footage, it doesnt appear that Shaw and others molested Gill in any way, the police maintained. ..

Police said 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 Shaws car with a baseball bat in her hand..

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