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An investigation was initiated and an FIR lodged against 24-year-old Sydney resident Wen Johnson for allegedly invading the pitch at the Narendra Modi stadium in Motera when the ICC Men’s World Cup final match between India and Australia was on.
Johnson was booked under the IPC sections 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to any person being a public servant in discharge of his duty) and 447 (criminal trespass) based on a complaint lodged by police sub-inspector TR Akbari.
As per the FIR, “At around 3.30 pm a spectator seated in the gallery tried to jump the barricade and when I and my staff tried to stop him, he pushed us and jumped the barricade onto the ground when the Indian side was batting”.
Akbari who is posted at the Kalupur police station, was deployed at Motera on match duty.
Akbari has said in his complaint that when he was caught by the security personnel and asked why he did that, he said “I am a big fan of Virat Kohli”. Inspector Virajsinh Janaksinh Jadeja has been assigned the probe in the case, as per the FIR.
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