Cricketer Prithvi Shaw Attacked By Fans With Baseball Bats
Sapna Gill has been arrested for the alleged attack on cricketer Prithvi Shaw’s car. Watch our video for the full story.
Star India batter Prithvi Shaw landed in trouble after a video of him emerged on social media, where he could be seen in a scuffle with a woman. Now there is a huge controversy. According to the complaint by Mr Shaw's friend Ashish Yadav, the fight began at a luxury hotel near the Mumbai airport on Wednesday 15 February early morning. Shaw had gone for dinner with Ashish Yadav. Two fans - a man named Shobit Thakur and a woman named Sapna Gill - approached the cricketer for selfies. Thakur and Gill approached Shaw for a selfie at the hotel. Initially, the cricketer allowed them to do so. But they insisted on clicking more selfies with him, a demand that Shaw turned down. After that, Gill and Thakur started arguing and misbehaving with the cricketer.
On seeing this, the manager of the hotel intervened and asked the people to vacate the premises.
After this incident, Shaw and Yadav had dinner at the hotel. But while they were stepping out of the place along with their friend, they saw Sapna and Shobit holding a baseball bat in hand. Sensing more trouble, Shaw was shifted to another car. Shaw started driving. Yadav saw three motorcycles and a white-coloured car chasing his vehicle. One of the videos shows the influencer Sapna Gill chasing a BMW X5 on the roads and talking on the phone to her friends. She can be heard calling her friends towards Goregaon while recording the video. In the video, she says that the guy driving the BMW X5 crashed into a scooter and continued driving.
Around 4 am, those following him attacked his car when it was taking a U-turn. Thakur, who was one of them, broke the rear windshield of the car with the baseball bat. The six persons on motorcycles along with Sapna and Shobit, who were in the car, abused Yadav and those accompanying him. After that, Yadav took the car to Oshiwara police station. The eight accused also followed them there. Gill started arguing and threatened Yadav to pay Rs 50,000 to settle the matter or else she would lodge a false police complaint against them. After that, Yadav and his friend lodged a complaint against Sapna, Shobit, and 6 other people. The said that Sapna and Shobit were also drunk.
Sapna was arrested on Thursday evening. Her lawyer said that Shaw was the one who was drunk and she has received serious injuries on her arm due to the assault. He said that Sapna is still at the Oshiwara police station, to be immediately taken to a hospital for a medical check-up. Sapna is a social media influencer with 2,19,000 followers on Instagram. She has acted in Bhojpuri films. She uploads content ranging from entertainment and dance videos to fashion photos on social media platforms. In 2019, Shaw was suspended for eight months for a doping violation. The yo-yo fitness test is one of the primary requirements to get selected in the Indian cricket team. In 2022 Shaw failed the Yo-Yo test as well.
