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Rediff.com  » Cricket » Cricketer Amit Mishra arrested, given bail, in assault case

Cricketer Amit Mishra arrested, given bail, in assault case

Last updated on: October 27, 2015 18:00 IST
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IMAGE: Cricketer Amit Mishra comes out from the Cubbon park Police Station after he got bail in connection with a complaint of assault filed by a woman, in Bengaluru, on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI Photos

India leg-spinner Amit Mishra was arrested and then released on bail in Bengaluru on Tuesday in connection with the assault case registered against him by a female friend last week.

Reports suggest that Mishra was grilled in a three-hour long interrogation session before being arrested.

"We questioned him for two to two-and-half hours today and then he was arrested," Sandeep Patil, Bengaluru's deputy commissioner of police, central division, told Reuters.

"He was later granted bail as it's a bailable offence.

"We will have to gather more evidence now before we file the chargesheet against him."

Amit Mishra

 

The complaint was registered last month when Mishra was with the Indian team in Bengaluru for a training camp ahead of the series against South Africa.

The woman, who is reportedly a friend of the cricketer, alleged Mishra assaulted her in his hotel room.

The police had asked Mishra to appear before them in a week's time. Mishra was booked under the Indian Penal Code sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 328 (causing hurt with intent to commit an offence).

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