Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, has been charged after he allegedly sexually assaulted a girl in Sydney, stated an area newspaper on Sunday.
It stated that the opener was arrested on Sunday morning for his alleged sexual assault “of a 29-year-old woman in Rose Bay earlier this week”.
Gunathilaka, who was dominated out of the World Cup within the first spherical itself with a hamstring harm, was changed within the squad. The 31-year-old, who has performed eight Tests, 47 ODIs and 46 T20Is, nonetheless remained with the facet throughout its marketing campaign.
According to the report, Gunathilaka was speaking with a girl for a number of days “via an online dating app before they met in person”. He then allegedly sexually assaulted the girl on the night of November 2.
The cricketer was arrested at a lodge on Sussex Street, Sydney within the early hours of Sunday and brought to the Sydney City Police Station and charged with “four counts of sexual intercourse without consent”.
He was refused bail and can seem on the Parramatta Bail Court through an audio-visual hyperlink on Sunday.
The New South Wales Police in an announcement posted on their web site with out naming the alleged offender however disclosing his nationality, stated on Sunday morning, “Sex Crimes Squad detectives have charged a Sri Lankan nationwide following an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a girl in Sydney’s east final week.
“Yesterday (Saturday 5 November 2022), detectives from the State Crime Command’s Sex Crimes Squad and Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command commenced a joint investigation under Strike Force Veteran following reports a 29-year-old woman had been sexually assaulted at a residence in Rose Bay earlier this week. The woman met with the man after communicating with him for a number of days via an online dating application; it’s alleged he then sexually assaulted her on the evening of Wednesday 2 November 2022,” stated the assertion.
Source: www.dnpindia.in