Abishek Porel, the Bengal and Delhi Capitals cricketer, has been arrested in a sexual assault case. He was taken into custody by the Hooghly police, and charged with rape, sexual assault and prison intimidation.
Porel, who has performed 32 top notch and 35 IPL video games, has been accused by a medical pupil of exploiting her sexually on the false promise of marriage. The case pertains to a criticism in June by the alleged sufferer.
After his arrest on Monday evening, Porel was produced earlier than a court docket on Tuesday (August 11) and remanded to a three-day police custody. Hooghly (Rural) SP Kunwar Bhushan Singh didn’t instantly reply to calls and messages from this web site.
The police motion adopted after the Calcutta Excessive Court docket, on July 20, ordered his arrest. Additionally they seized his cell phone to stop circulation of images of the complainant. Porel is known to have been booked beneath the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) part and Info Know-how Act.
The incident got here to gentle after the medical pupil lodged a criticism on June 23 on the Mogra Police Station stating that the 2 had been in a relationship for 3 years and Porel had reneged on his promise to marry her.
The lady later approached the Excessive Court docket which ordered the arrest of the cricketer.
