The Delhi police have arrested Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach, who plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League [IPL 2012], for allegedly molesting a woman and beating up her fiance at a posh New Delhi hotel.
The 27-year-old batsman from Australia, who has also played for Australia’s Twenty20 side, is currently in India to play DLF IPL 2012 matches for RCB.
However, it is said in reports that the RCB player is accused of trying to molest a 27-year-old woman during a after match party at the Maurya Sheraton Hotel last night.
While talking to media, police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said, “We have arrested Luke Pomersbach for assaulting a woman and beating up the fiance who objected to his action.”
Further, the cricketer battled depression and drug issues and no jail sentence in Australia after admitting to assaulting a police officer who was trying to arrest him for drink driving.
The cricketer is now in India saying he was now “on top of things” after recovering from depression, saying that he was determined to make the most of the money-spinning but scandal-plagued Indian league.
However, Siddharth Mallya, director of RCB set up by his father Vijay Mallya, accused her of talking nonsense and went on to say “she was all over me last night and asked for my bbm (blackberry messenger) pin”.
Sidhartha Mallya posted on her twitter wall, “The girl who is accusing Luke is saying he hit her ‘fiance’…what a load of f****** s***. She was all over me last night and asked for me bbm pin, so if he was her fiance she wasn’t exactly behaving like a future wife.”
Team mentor Anil Kumble said the franchise was planning an internal inquiry into the incident.
He said, “It is a very serious thing to have happened and we will certainly look into it. We are planning an internal inquiry into the matter.”
Anil Kumble said, “It is an unfortunate incident. It is disappointing. RCB will certainly not play Luke henceforth and we will cooperate with those who are investigating the incident.”
