Who is Sapna Gill, arrested for allegedly attacking Prithvi Shaw?

Social media influencer Sapna Gill has has been arrested for the allegedly manhandling and attacking Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw yesterday. As per police report Shaw was allegedly manhandled and his car attacked in Mumbai following an argument with Sapna Gill and her friend after Shaw refused to click selfies with her.

Who is Sapna Gill?
Sapna Gill is a social media influencer and has nearly 2,20,000 followers on Instagram. She also has online presence on several social media platforms like video-sharing app Josh, multimedia instant messaging app Snapchat and YouTube.

She has also acted in Bhojpuri films along with regional stars like Ravi Kishan and Dinesh Lal Yadav. Some of her movie include Kashi Amarnath, Nirhua Chalal London and Mera Watan.


She hails from Chandigarh but now resides in Mumbai.

She uploads content ranging from entertainment and dance videos to fashion photos on social media platforms.

Prithvi Shaw, Sapna Gill incident:
As per the complainant, Shaw had gone to a five-star hotel in Santacruz for dinner with his friends when some unknown people came near their table and insisted on a selfie.

The cricketer obliged two people with selfies but after some time the same group returned, demanding to take selfies again. Shaw refused, saying he has come to eat food with friends and doesn't want to be disturbed.

When they insisted on taking selfies, Prithvi's friend called the hotel manager and complained about them. After this, the hotel manager asked the accused to leave the hotel.

When Shaw and his friend came out of the hotel after having dinner, the accused were waiting outside the hotel and attacked them with baseball bats and smashed the front and rear windows of their car.

Shaw was in the car when it was attacked by the accused. Later, Shaw was sent in another car. The accused also chased the vehicle of Prithvi Shaw's friend.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Anil Paraskar said, "An offence was registered in Oshiwara Police Station in Mumbai under the sections of unlawful assembly, extortion and other sections. The accused damaged the car of the complainant and then demanded Rs 50,000 to let go of the matter. One accused arrested and efforts are underway to nab others."

Notably, eight people have been booked for allegedly attacking Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw after the batsman refused to take a selfie with them for the second time.

(Inputs from Agencies)