Bengal cricketer Abhishek Porel, who has performed for Delhi Capitals within the IPL, was arrested in Hooghly late Monday night time after a lady medical pupil from Karnataka alleged that he had been in a relationship together with her for round three-and-a-half years on the promise of marriage, police stated.
“There was a case lodged in opposition to him and a court docket order to arrest him. He was arrested late final night time. He might be produced in court docket at the moment,” Hooghly (Rural) Superintendent of Police Kunar Bhushan Singh instructed PTI.
Porel was arrested by the Mogra police late Monday night time and is more likely to be produced earlier than a court docket in Chinsurah in a while Tuesday.
Police have registered a case in opposition to the cricketer beneath a number of provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), together with Part 69, together with provisions of the Data Know-how Act, police sources stated.
A girl medical pupil from Karnataka lodged a grievance in opposition to Porel at Mogra police station on June 23, alleging that they’d been in a relationship for round three-and-a-half years and had deliberate to get married.
Following the grievance, police launched an investigation into the allegations.
Police groups subsequently visited Porel’s residence in Chandannagar a number of instances however couldn’t discover him there.
Reactions from Porel and his household are awaited.
(With inputs from PTI)
