Prithvi Shaw selfie brawl case: Mumbai Police arrests social media influencer Sapna Gill; timeline of events

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Mumbai, Feb 17: Mumbai Police on Thursday (February 16) arrested a woman in connection with the brawl over taking selfies with India cricketer Prithvi Shaw.

Shaw's car was attacked with a baseball bat by a person when a brawl ensued after the cricketer denied selfies with him outside a luxury hotel at Santacruz in Mumbai.

According to the police officials, the entire controversy cropped up in the early hours of Wednesday (February 15).

Who is Sapna Gill?

Acting upon the complaint filed by the cricketer's friend and flatmate, the cops also arrested a woman social media influencer, identified as Sapna Gill on Thursday evening. Meanwhile, seven others were booked on the charge of rioting and extortion.

A video of the incident has gone viral on social media in which the Delhi Capitals' batter was being manhandled by Sapna Gill and her friend.

Gill has around 220k followers on Instagram and she is quite popular on social media for sharing posts ranging from fashion and lifestyle videos to dance clips. She also has accounts on Snapchat and Josh app. Gill also has her own YouTube channel.

Prithvi Shaw brawl: Timeline of events

# On Wednesday night, Shaw had gone to the hotel located near the domestic airport at Santacruz for dinner with his businessman friend.

# As per the complaint, an unidentified person approached Shaw for a selfie at the hotel. Initially, the cricketer allowed that person to do so.

# As the latter kept insisting on clicking more selfies with him, Shaw turned down the demand which didn't go down well with the accused.

# The accused then started arguing and misbehaving with the cricketer.

# On seeing this, the manager of the hotel intervened and asked the person to vacate the premises.

# Shaw and Yadav had dinner at the hotel. But while they were stepping out of the place along with their friend, they saw the same person holding a baseball bat in hand.

# After they sat in their car, the accused attacked the windshield of the vehicle with the baseball bat.

# A complaint in this connection was lodged by Shaw's friend and flatmate Ashish Yadav, who runs a cafe. Yadav has been staying with Shaw at Bandra for the last three years.

# Sensing more trouble, Shaw was shifted to another car while Yadav and others drove his vehicle to Oshiwara. Yadav saw three motorcycles and a white-coloured car chasing their vehicle.

# Around 4 am (Thursday), those following him attacked his car when it was taking a U-turn near a petrol pump on Link Road. One of them slammed the baseball bat on the rear windshield and broke it.

# The six persons on motorcycles and two others in the car, including a woman, abused Yadav and those accompanying him. After that, Yadav took the car to Oshiwara police station. The eight accused also followed them there.

# The Police official informed that the woman accused 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.

# The man who demanded selfies with Shaw was later identified as Shobhit Thakur, while the woman who allegedly tried to extort money from them was identified as Sana alias Sapna Gill.

# After that, Yadav lodged a complaint against the accused.

# Based on his complaint, the Oshiwara police registered a case against the eight accused under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 148 (rioting), 384 (extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation) and others, he said.

# Police further informed that an investigation into the case is underway.

# Sapna's lawyer, however, has claimed that in fact, it was the cricketer who attacked her first.