Arrested for allegedly manhandling Prithvi Shaw over clicking of selfies, social media influencer Sapna Gill claimed before a court in Mumbai on Friday (February 17) that it was the cricketer who hit her. She also alleged that Shaw apologized to her and asked not to file a police complaint.

Sapna, who was arrested on Thursday (February 16), was produced before a magistrate's court a day later. The court remanded her in police custody till February 20.

The brawl took place late night on Wednesday (February 15) after Sapna and her friends approached Shaw for selfies when the cricketer was having dinner with his friend in a hotel in Mumbai.

As per the police report, Shaw initially obliged with selfies, but then refused when Sapna approached with more requests, by saying that he had come to eat food with his friends and that he did not want to be disturbed. His friend then had to call the hotel manager to intervene and he removed Sapna and her friends from the premises.

During the remand hearing, the magistrate heard Sapna Gill’s version of the incident after she requested for it.

All the charges against her were false, Sapna said, adding, "He (Shaw) hit me on the chest and arms."

"We were there just to take help of police. They were eight to ten people and we were just two," Gill said.

Moreover, the influencer claimed that Prithvi and his friend asked her not to file a police complaint, said sorry, and left.

On the allegation that the incident happened after she asked for a selfie with Shaw, Sapna said, "I do not know him, nor I have ever seen him. I never asked for a selfie with him."

Sapna Gill also dismissed the allegation that she had asked for ₹50,000 to settle the case.

"He was totally drunk. He was in front of a police station, he could have filed the FIR then only," the influencer said. But since Shaw was drunk, he thought of doing that later, she claimed.

According to Gill, she and her friend were partying at the VIP lounge of the hotel before Shaw arrived. Shaw had gone to the hotel, located near the domestic airport, for dinner with his businessman friend when the sequence of events unfolded. The police complaint was lodged by Shaw's friend and flatmate Ashish Yadav who runs a cafe.

Thakur and Gill approached Shaw for a selfie at the hotel and initially the cricketer obliged them, said the complaint. But they insisted on clicking more selfies and Shaw refused, Yadav told police.

Gill and Thakur, who were in an inebriated condition, then started arguing with Shaw, the complaint said. The hotel manager asked Gill and Thakur to leave, it added. Later, when Shaw and Yadav were leaving the hotel after dinner, they saw Thakur holding a baseball bat in hand. After they sat in their car, the accused attacked the windshield of the vehicle with the baseball bat, the complaint said.

Shaw was also allegedly manhandled by Gill. Sensing more trouble, the cricketer was shifted to another car while Yadav and others drove his vehicle to Oshiwara, he said.

(With PTI Inputs)