The Prithvi Shaw, Sapna Gill Selfie Saga: Here's What Happened According To Police

India opening batter Prithvi Shaw was allegedly manhandled and his car was attacked with a baseball bat outside a hotel in the Santacruz area of Mumbai, following an argument with a woman social media influencer Sapna Gill and her friend Shobit Thakur after the batter refused to click selfies with the influencer. The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday. The Oshiwara Police has arrested Gill and seven others have been booked for allegedly trying to intimidate the cricketer by damaging his car and threatening to implicate him in a fake case.

Gill is a social media influencer with over 2 lakh followers on Instagram and also has an online presence on applications like Josh, a video-sharing app, Snapchat and Youtube. She hails from Chandigarh and resides in Mumbai.

As per Police officials, the influencer was called to the police station for inquiry on Thursday and she was placed under arrest after preliminary inquiries established her alleged involvement in the incident.

Gill's lawyer argued that the influencer was a fan of Shaw and wanted to take a selfie with him. But the cricketer was drunk and misbehaved with her. He also accused the batter of assaulting Gill with a wooden bat. Police also said that Gill and Thakur were in an intoxicated state during the incident.

A complaint about the incident was filed by Shaw's friend Ashish Yadav, who is his flatmate for the last three years and runs a cafe.

As per the complaint, the cricketer was approached by Gill and Thakur for a selfie at the hotel and Shaw initially allowed them to get clicked with him. But when they insisted on getting more pictures with him, Shaw turned down the demand, following which Gill and her friend started to misbehave with the cricket in