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The court ordered the police to present video footage of the entire incident and rescheduled the case for June 28.
Digital Desk: On Monday, a police official testified in Mumbai's
Andheri Magistrate Court that social media influencer Sapna Gill's allegations
against Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw were false and unsubstantiated. Shaw
allegedly groped Gill in a pub on February 15, this year.
Sapna Gill filed a case
against the Mumbai Airport police in the Andheri Magistrate Court when no FIR
was filed on her allegation against Shaw. Gill had filed a FIR at the Andheri
court through her lawyer, Ali Kaashif Khan. After hearing her complaint, the
magistrate ordered the police to file a report on the matter.
color:black">Following the submission of the police report, Khan asked the
court to allow him to show the video evidence of the purported brawl that
Gill's buddy had captured on his phone. The video quickly went popular on
social media. He also requested a CCTV recording of the incident outside the
pub.
The court ordered the
police to present video footage of the entire incident and rescheduled the case
for June 28.
color:black">Gill had filed a complaint with an Andheri magistrate court,
seeking the registration of a FIR under IPC sections 354 (Assault or criminal
force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 509 (Word, gesture, or
act intended to insult a woman's modesty), and 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by
dangerous weapons or means) against Shaw and his friend Ashish Yadav for
assaulting her with a bat.
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According to police, an
analysis of the pub's CCTV footage showed Gill and her friend Shobit Thakur
were inebriated and dancing.
color:black">Thakur intended to film Shaw on his phone, but the cricketer
prevented him from doing so. According to the authorities, after reviewing the
video, it does not appear that Shaw and others molested Gill in any way.
Police also noted that
they had recorded testimonies from witnesses present in the tavern where the
alleged event occurred, and the witnesses stated that no one inappropriately
touched Gill.
color:black">According to the police, they also investigated CCTV footage from
the nearby Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower, which shows the social media
influencer following Shaw's car with a baseball bat in her hand. According to
the video, she cracked the windscreen of the cricketer's car.
The report also stated
that police recorded comments from Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
officials, who also stated that no such incident occurred as described by Gill.
color:black">A CISF official stated that they were notified of a scuffle in the
neighbourhood. When he arrived, he noticed a car with a smashed windscreen.
According to the report, when questioned, the car's driver stated that an
argument had broken out inside the pub and the manager had asked them to leave and that he wanted to file an FIR.
The officer noticed a
woman with a baseball bat. When they spotted police arriving, her male friend
snatched the bat from her and tossed it to the side. According to the story,
none of the males on the scene were attacking the woman, citing a CISF
official's testimony.
color:black">According to police, the inquiry performed in response to Gill's
complaint indicated that the claims against Prithvi Shaw and others are
false/unfounded.
Gill was detained in
February on Shaw's accusation following an argument at a suburban hotel about
selfies. After obtaining release, Gill filed a case against Shaw at the Mumbai
Airport police station for claimed molestation and insulting modesty.
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