Prithvi Shaw hit me, claims Sapna Gill arrested in selfie fight case

Social media influencer Sapna Gill arrested for allegedly manhandling Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw over clicking of selfies claimed before a court here on Friday that it was he who hit herShaw even apologized to her and asked not to file a police complaint she said Gill arrested on Thursday was produced before a magistrates court here on Friday The court remanded her in police custody till February 20The incident took place outside a luxury hotel in suburban Santacruz on Wednesday during an argument between Shaw on one side and the social media influencer and her male friend on the other after the cricketer refused to click selfies with herDuring the remand hearing Gill requested that she be allowed to put forward her version of the incident which the magistrate allowed All the allegations against her were false Gill said adding He Shaw hit me on the chest and arms We were there just to take help of police They were eight to ten people and we were just two Gill saidFurther the influencer claimed that Shaw and his friend asked her not to file a police complaint said sorry and left On the claim that the incident took place after she asked for a selfie with Shaw Gill said I do not know him nor I have ever seen him I never asked for a selfie with himGill also denied the allegation that she had asked for Rs 50000 to settle the caseHe was totally drunk He was in front of a police station he could have filed the FIR then only the influencer said But since Shaw was drunk he thought of doing that later Gill claimed As per Gill she and her friend were partying at the VIP lounge of the hotel before Shaw arrived Shaw had gone to the hotel located near the domestic airport for dinner with his businessman friend when the sequence of events unfoldedAlso read Cricketer Prithvi Shaw selfie controversy Social media influencer sent in police custody till Feb 20The police complaint was lodged by Shaws friend and flatmate Ashish Yadav who runs a cafeThakur and Gill approached Shaw for a selfie at the hotel and initially the cricketer obliged them said the complaint But they insisted on clicking more selfies and Shaw refused Yadav told police Gill and Thakur who were in an inebriated condition then started arguing with Shaw the complaint said The hotel manager asked Gill and Thakur to leave it addedLater when Shaw and Yadav were leaving the hotel after dinner they saw Thakur holding a baseball bat in hand After they sat in their car the accused attacked the windshield of the vehicle with the baseball bat the complaint said Shaw was also allegedly manhandled by Gill Sensing more trouble the cricketer was shifted to another car while Yadav and others drove his vehicle to Oshiwara he saidYadav saw three motorcycles and a whitecoloured car chasing their vehicle Around 4 am those following him attacked his car when it was taking a Uturn near a petrol pump on Link Road Thakur who was one of them broke the rear windshield of the car with the baseball bat he allegedBased Yadavs complaint the Oshiwara police registered a First Information Report against Gill and seven others under Indian Penal Code sections 143 unlawful assembly 148 rioting 384 extortion 506 criminal intimidation and others offencesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever