The social media influencer Sapna Gill, an accused in the Prithvi Shaw selfie controversy case, was sent to police custody till February 20 on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Sapna was produced before the Andheri Court in Mumbai by the Oshiwara police. Sapna and her friend Shobhit Thakur are among 8 people booked by the Oshiwara Police for allegedly assaulting Shaw's friend's car outside a Mumbai nightclub on the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday.
An audio clip of an alleged phone call with Shobhit Thakur at the other end is going viral on social media in which he said that the car was attacked as Shaw did not stop for them.
Gill's lawyer, meanwhile, accused Shaw of assault instead of the other way around.
“Sapna was assaulted by Prithvi. A stick was seen in Prithvi’s hand. Prithvi’s friends assaulted the group first. Sapna is currently at Oshiwara police station. The police are not allowing her to go for medical,” Gill's lawyer Ali Kashif has claimed.
What happened between Shaw and Gill?
A couple of fans went up to Shaw to take pictures with the Mumbai cricket team skipper and Shaw obliged but he refused to entertain them any further after they came back with more people.
The two were identified as Sana alias Sapna Gill and her friend Shobit Thakur. Both were asked to leave the hotel premises by the nightclub manager after Shaw's friends complained about them.
Gill and Thakur gathered more people and waited outside for Shaw to confront him. They chased down his vehicle and the two parties got into a heated exchange with Shaw's friend's BMW getting damaged in the incident.
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