"I don't even know who Prithvi Shaw is, why would I ask for a selfie with him" - Sapna Gill

The row involving influencer Sapna Gill and cricketer Prithvi Shaw continues to intensify. As per latest updates, Gill, who was arrested in this row has been granted bail and she has come out of jail. After coming out, she and her lawyer appeared in front of the media where she went on to give her side of the story.

Starting to talk about it, she said, "we wanted to defuse the matter as they have said sorry. Why would we want to elevate the matter, everyone is working and why do we have the need to be involved police proceedings."

When probed about if she and her mates forced him for a selfie, she said, "One would force/run behind someone for a selfie to a person who one would know about, right? I don't even know he is, why would I ask for a selfie with him."

She added, "If I want a selfie with anyone, I have the senses to go and ask for the same and if the person refuses, I back off. But in this case, I don't even know who he is, I haven't seen him; so why would I care about getting a selfie with him. I have been blamed for this but none of this happened at all."

When asked about the car break and fight and what led to it, she said, "I wasn't involved in the scuffle right away. I was on the stairs when I turned and say my friends were being held and they were being beaten up. I went there and tried to make peace and asked them with folded hands as to what has happened."

As things stand, after getting out, Gill has filed a fresh complaint against India and Mumbai cricketer Prithvi Shaw. The influencer's complaint has been registered under sections 34 (criminal act with common intention), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 146 (rioting), 148 (rioting with armed weapons), 149 (unlawful assembly offence committed in prosecution), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons), 351 (use of criminal force), 354 (outrage of modesty) and 509 (advantage of proximity, gesture to outrage modesty) of the Indian Penal code.

What Happened?

For the uninitiated, Shaw got into an argument with social media influencer, Sapna Gill and her friend Shobhit Thakur after the player refused to click selfies with them. Gill who was arrested following the incident claimed before a court on Friday that it was Prithvi who hit her.

Following the incident, Sapna was arrested, while her friend Shobhit Thakur and six others were booked on the charge of rioting and extortion. According to preliminary information, the Oshiwara police said that a case has been registered against the accused and seven others under Indian Penal Code sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 148 (rioting), 384 (extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation), and others offences.

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