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Fierce ruckus on taking selfie with Prithvi Shaw, vandalized the car, demanded money to settle the dispute

The Oshiwara police on Wednesday, February 15, booked eight people for allegedly attacking cricketer Prithvi Shaw’s friend’s car outside a five-star hotel in Mumbai. According to the complaint given by Shaw’s friend Ashish Surendra Yadav, first the car carrying Shaw was attacked with a baseball bat, then the accused followed the car and threatened a false case if the money was not paid.The Oshiwara police have booked eight people under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for unlawful assembly and using weapons for an offense (143, 148,149, 384, 437, 504, 506) after the incident.
 

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Prithvi Shaw Went for dinner at a five star hotel in Santacruz. Then two people came to the cricketer to take a selfie. Shaw took the selfie. The accused started insisting more on taking selfie. From there he went to Vapal and came back in a group. Asked to take selfie with other accused. Shaw this time refused saying that he had come for dinner with friends and did not want to disturb. According to the complaint, when he insisted, Prithvi’s friend called the hotel manager and complained about him.
The manager asked the accused to leave the hotel. This incident enraged him and when Shaw and his friend came out of the hotel after having dinner, some people were standing outside the hotel with baseball bats. Prithvi’s friend’s car, a BMW, was vandalised. The accused used a baseball bat to smash the front and rear windows of the vehicle.
The complainant said that Shaw was in the car, and we did not want any controversy, so we sent Prithvi Shaw in another car. In such a situation, the accused started chasing. Shaw’s friend’s car was stopped near Lotus Petrol Pump in Jogeshwari. Where a woman came and said that if this matter has to be resolved then she will have to pay 50 thousand rupees, otherwise she will make false allegations.

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After this incident, the complainant Yadav came to Oshiwara police station and registered the case, the police registered the case and started searching for the accused. The hotel staff took the names and contact numbers of people who took selfies with Shaw and provided them to the police. Both have been identified as Sana alias Sapna Gill and Shobhit Thakur.
Prithvi Shaw is on a break from competitive cricket after India’s home series against New Zealand. Shaw was recalled to the T20I squad in January for the 3-match series against the Black Caps at home. However, this Mumbai opener did not get a chance in the playing XI.
Shaw has been in scintillating form in the domestic circuit. The Mumbai skipper scored 595 runs including a century in 6 matches in the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 season. Shaw broke Sunil Gavaskar’s record for the highest score by Mumbai batsmen in Ranji Trophy (340) when he scored 379 against Assam in January.
Prithvi Shaw, who scored a century on his Test debut in 2018, has not played white-ball cricket for India since December 2020. He last played white-ball cricket for India in July 2021, when he toured Sri Lanka with the Dhawan-led side.

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