Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw was attacked with baseball bat near the Mumbai airport.
Eight people have been named in the police case for allegedly charging at Mr Shaw and his friend, breaking the windshield of their car and demanding Rs 50,000. The incident happened near the Mumbai Airport.
Those named in the complaint – two of whom have been identified as Shobhit Thakur and Sana or Sapna Gill – have refused the charges and accused the Shaw of assaulting them first.
As per the complaints by Shaw’s friends, the incident occurred near the luxury hotel at Mumbai Airport on Wednesday when two fans – a man and a woman – approached the cricketer for selfies. After few pictures, they asked for more and were not backing off. After that the manager of the hotel had to have the fans removed.
After being kicked out, the fans were waiting outside the hotel along with few others holding baseball bat and hit at Shaw when he came out of hotel.
