Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw was allegedly manhandled and his car was also attacked, with a baseball bat outside a hotel in the Santacruz area of Mumbai, by a woman and her friend. The assailants have finally been identified as social media influencer Sapna Gill and her friend Shobit Thakur.
Sapna is an actress who has worked in Bhojpuri cinema with industry superstars like Ravi Kishan and Dinesh Lal Yadav. She has starred in films like ‘Kashi Amarnath’, ‘Nirhua Chalal London’ and, most recently, ‘Mera Watan’, released in 2021.
Sapna has a humongous fanbase of 2 lakh followers on Instagram. She hails from Chandigarh and currently resides in Mumbai. She uploads content ranging from entertainment and dance videos to fashion photos on social media platforms.
Spana and her friend asked for a selfie with Shaw and he initially entertained their requests but did not oblige further and a security guard later asked Gill and her friend to leave the premises, according to police.
The altercation occurred at a five-star property and later when Prithvi left the hotel premises in his car along with his friend. Sapna and her friend along with a few others chased his car intercepted it at a traffic signal near Oshiwara and broke the windshield. They also demanded Rs 50,000 and threatened to file a fake police case.
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