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Indian bowler Amit Mishra accused of sexual assault

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Bengaluru: A notice has been issued by the Ashok Nagar police to Indian cricketer Amit Mishra in connection with a sexual assault case on Tuesday.
amitThe woman filed the complaint on September 27 and based on that, police collected evidence from the hotel after verifying the CCTV footage.

“We have filed an FIR) against Mishra on the basis of the complaint the lady filed on September 27 and issued a notice asking him to appear before our investigating officer within a week,” Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner of Police Sandeep Patil told reporters.

In the complaint, the woman stated that last month when the cricketer was in the city for training session, she had gone to a hotel to meet the cricketer on September 25. She waited there for an hour or so, as he was not there in the hotel. In the evening, Mishra returned to the hotel and had a verbal fight with her over a trivial issue. He allegedly abused her and also tried to molest her, the complaint stated.

It also said that Mishra abused and assaulted the woman with a kettle. Patil further said that a copy of the notice has been sent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai, as Mishra was attending a preparation camp.

“We also recorded the statements of the hotel staff who witnessed the incident. If he fails to appear before court, we will arrest him,” a police officer told sources.

The woman, who lives in Mumbai, claimed that she and Mishra were friends for over four years and would often meet each other. Speaking to a leading daily she said, “I love Mishra a lot and want to make him understand how to respect women and their feelings. I respect him a lot and as it is a personal matter, I don’t want to further comment on the issue.”

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