RCB star Yash Dayal named in new FIR for alleged rape of minor

RCB star Yash Dayal named in new FIR for alleged rape of minor (BCCI Photo)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pacer Yash Dayal has found himself in hot water after being accused of rape. As reported by NDTV, an FIR was lodged against Dayal at Jaipur's Sanganer Police Station for allegedly raping a female over two years while emotionally blackmailing her.

It has come to light that Dayal brought her to a hotel in Sitapura, where the initial sexual assault occurred, and enticed her with the prospect of a cricket career. When the first incident occurred, the girl was just 17 years old, thus the police filed a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act.

This comes weeks after Dayal's arrest was stayed by the Allahabad High Court in relation to a formal complaint against him for allegedly sexually abusing another woman.

On Dayal's plea contesting the FIR, a bench consisting of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Anil Kumar issued the ruling. The court ordered state counsel to submit a counter-affidavit and stayed his detention, while also notifying the complainant to submit her own counter-affidavit.

The Indirapuram police station in the Ghaziabad district filed the first formal complaint against Dayal on July 6 under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) (Sexual intercourse by adopting fraudulent means etc.).

Dayal was charged with taking advantage of a woman sexually under the guise of marriage. According to the petitioner's attorney, a person can only be charged with a crime under Section 69 of the BNS if it can be proven that he makes a vow to marry a lady with no intention of keeping it.

Dayal had requested in his petition that the FIR against him be quashed and that his detention in the case be stayed.

The complainant claimed that Dayal had promised to marry her when they first met, some five years ago. Additionally, the woman said that Dayal repeatedly put off her marriage proposal until she discovered that the cricketer was also seeing other women.

The chief minister's online grievance portal (IGRS) was used to initially file the complaint on June 21.