Who Is Sapna Gill, Arrested In A Brawl Among Fans To Get A Selfie With Prithvi Shaw

Sapna also happens to have  2,19,000 followers on Instagram. Sapna originally hails from Chandigarh and currently resides in Mumbai.

Who Is Sapna Gill, Arrested In A Brawl Among Fans To Get A Selfie With Prithvi Shaw

New Delhi: Influencer Sapna Gill has been arrested for the alleged attack on Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw' car. The car of a friend of Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw was attacked by a group of people after the batsman denied them a selfie at a five-star hotel in Mumbai. According to the ABP News sources, the incident took place at the Mansion Club of Sahara Star Hotel in Mumbai on Wednesday night. The accused have been identified as Sapna Gill and Shobit Thakur. 

The incident has created quite a wave in the cricketing world. However, not many know that one of the accused, Sapna Gill has also acted in many Bhojpuri films with stars such as Ravi Kishan and Dinesh Lal Yadav.

Sapna also happens to have  2,19,000 followers on Instagram. Sapna originally hails from Chandigarh and currently resides in Mumbai. Sapna is also quite active on her social media account on Instagram. She is often seen updating her followers with her whereabouts and shares dances videos to fashion photoshoots on her profile.

Sapna has been a part of films like 'Kashi Amarnath', 'Nirhua Chalal London' and, most recently, 'Mera Watan', released in 2021.

Sapna is also active on other social platforms like the video-sharing app Josh, the multi-media instant messaging app Snapchat and also on YouTube.

As per ABP News sources, the incident took place at the Mansion Club of Sahara Star Hotel in Mumbai on Wednesday night. 

According to the police complaint, both parties first engaged in an argument over selfies but it soon turned into a fight with a baseball bat and a car chase in Mumbai, Times of India reported.

According to the TOI report, eight people were named in the police case for allegedly assaulting Shaw and his friend, breaking the windshield of their car, and demanding Rs 50,000.

According to the reports, two accused, identified as Shobhit Thakur and Sana or Sapna Gill, have refused the charges and even claimed that Shaw assaulted them first. 

"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," Ali Kashif was quoted as saying by India Today.

At the club, Sana and Shobit approached Shaw for a selfie following which the cricketer obliged. After taking one selfie, the accused demanded another, which Prithvi refused. Following this, the manager sent the accused out of the hotel.

According to sources, the accused waited for Shaw and his friend to come out of the club. They followed a car presuming that Shaw was inside and stopped it near the Jogeshwari Link Road Lotus petrol pump. The accused broke the glass of the car with a baseball bat.

However, Prithvi was not in the car when it was attacked and was being driven by his friend. Shaw's friend was also reportedly thrashed. Shaw had left for home in another car from the hotel, sources said.