Hooghly, West Bengal, India, August 11 — Indian Premier League (IPL) cricketer Abhishek Porel was arrested Friday in West Bengal following a criminal case filed on the complaint of a woman who alleged that he had defrauded her after promising to marry her.
Hooghly Rural Superintendent of Police Kunwar Bhushan Singh said during a media briefing that the cricketer was taken into custody from Dum Dum in connection with a formal police complaint alleging relationship fraud based on a promise of marriage.
The police official said, “In connection with Mogra Police Station case registered under sections of the BNS and Sections 66E and 72 of the IT Act, the prime accused, namely Abhishek Porel (cricketer), has been arrested from Emami City under Dum Dum Police Station in connection with the aforesaid case alleging that he cohabited with a woman on the promise of marriage.”
Porel has strongly denied the allegations, calling the complaints false, as police proceeded to produce him before a local court.
“The cricketer has denied the allegations, calling them false. Porel, a wicketkeeper-batter for the Delhi Capitals and a key player for the Bengal cricket team, is a resident of Chandannagar, Hooghly. The complainant lives in Mogra in Hooghly,” Singh said.
The development comes weeks after the Calcutta High Court directed Bengal Police to arrest Porel in connection with the case.
The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Chuchura in Hooghly district remanded Porel to three days of police custody.
The accused cricketer was arrested in Dum Dum, Kolkata, by Mogra police of Hooghly district and produced before the CJM court in Chuchura.
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