Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw attacked for refusing to click selfie

Mumbai, February 16: 23-year-old Indian Cricketer Prithvi Shaw’s who was sitting in his friend’s car was attacked by eight people as he refused to click selfie. 

Taking selfie with an Indian cricketer escalated into a fight with a baseball bat and a car chase in Mumbai for cricketer Prithvi Shaw.

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The Mumbai Police issued a statement in this regard and registered case under  Penal Code (143, 148, 149, 384, 437, 504, 506) against eight people. 

As per the investigation, eight accused in the fight broke the windshield and also demanded Rs 50,000. 

Out of eight people, two have been identified as Sana Gill and Shobit Thakur. 

As per the sources, the fight took place at luxury hotel in Mumbai's Oshiwara in the early hours of Wednesday after two fans - a man and a woman - approached the cricketer for selfies.

After few pictures, fans refused to back off and demanded more,Shaw called his friend and the manager of the hotel to have the fans removed.

After being kicked out, the fans waited outside for Prithvi and, along with a few others armed with baseball bats. 

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Shaw is one of the most popular athletes in the country. Shaw wrote his name in the history books after he broke the record of Tendulkar when he scored a knock of 546 in a Harris Shield match in 2013.