Prithvi Shaw attack case: Police arrest four persons; Sapna Gill denies charges, claims India cricketer hit her

prithvi shaw and sapna gill were allegedly involved in a spat over selfie

Mumbai, Feb 18: Mumbai Police have arrested a few more people in connection with the attack on India cricketer Prithvi Shaw earlier this week.

Shaw was allegedly manhandled by a social media influencer and a few others following an argument over taking selfies at a hotel in Mumbai.

The police on Saturday (February 18) claimed that as many as four people have been arrested so far, while an equal number of people are wanted.

A police complaint was filed on February 14, after the cricketer was allegedly manhandled and his car attacked with a baseball bat following a row that started in a luxury hotel in the early hours of Wednesday over clicking selfies.

Sapna Gill was taken into custody on Thursday (February 16) evening and her friend Shobhit Thakur (19) was held on Saturday.

Eight persons were charged with rioting, assault, putting a person in fear of death or of grievous in order to commit extortion, criminal intimidation and other offences by Oshiwara police in connection with the incident on the complaint of Shaw's friend Ashish Yadav.

The complaint also said that both of them (Gill and Thakur) were in an inebriated condition.

A probe has found Thakur, from Lokhandwala in the western suburb of Andheri, has played a vital role in the incident, the police official said.

As per police, Gill and Thakur had approached Shaw for selfies, which led to an argument as the cricketer refused to oblige after a couple of mobile phone photographs.

Gill and Thakur as well as six friends waited for Shaw and his friend outside the hotel and chased them and also broke their car's windscreen with a baseball bat. Sensing trouble, Shaw shifted to another car, while Yadav drove the attacked vehicle to Oshiwara police station and lodged a complaint.

Meanwhile, advocate Ali Kashif Khan, representing Gill, said "a case of a brawl, fight and verbal spat between the parties has been given the colour of a fake extortion case".

In her statement to the court Gill has claimed that she doesn't know who Shaw is and even alleged that the young India cricketer had hit her on the arms and chest. She even claimed that she never asked for any selfies with the cricketer.

(With PTI inputs)