Prithvi Shaw case: Court asks police to probe whether there are grounds to proceed on woman’s complaint

The woman had faced arrest in February 2023 on a complaint that she and a friend were involved in an attack on Shaw after he objected to his video being taken while he was out with his friends at a pub.

The woman had then made a counter allegation that she was molested by Shaw during the argument that ensued between them. After the police did not file an FIR on her complaint against Shaw, she through her lawyer Ali Kaashif Khan approached the magistrate court.

In June 2023, the police had said in a report that there is no evidence to show Shaw had committed the offence.

The police had then said they had recorded statements of witnesses, including staffers of the hotel where the alleged altercation took place, as well as officials of Central Industrial Security Force as the incident took place near the domestic airport. Based on their statements and CCTV footage of the hotel and near the airport, the police said the woman could be seen moving towards Shaw’s car and breaking its front windscreen. It was also submitted that the statements revealed that Shaw had not touched her inappropriately, hence there was no evidence against him.

The detailed order of the magistrate’s court order on Wednesday is yet to be made available.