Kolkata: Bengal cricketer Abhishek Porel, who has played for Delhi Capitals in the IPL, was arrested in Hooghly district following a complaint by a medical student alleging that he had sexual relations with her on the promise of marriage, a police official said Tuesday.
A court in Chinsurah denied Porel bail and remanded him to three-day police custody.
“A case was lodged against him and there was a court order to arrest him. He was arrested late last night. He was produced in court today,” Hooghly (Rural) Superintendent of Police Kunwar Bhushan Singh told.
Porel was arrested by the Mogra police from his residence in Dum Dum in North 24 Parganas district.
The arrest came after the Calcutta High Court directed the police July 20 to arrest the cricketer in connection with the case. The court also ordered the seizure of his electronic devices to prevent the dissemination of photographs of the complainant.
Police have registered a case against Porel under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as well as the Information Technology Act, sources said.
A young medical student had lodged a complaint against Porel at Mogra police station June 23, alleging that the two had been in a relationship for around three-and-a-half years and had planned to get married.
The woman also alleged that the two had travelled abroad together but that Porel later denied their relationship, following which she approached the police.
According to the complaint, the two had a dispute around a year and a half ago, which had escalated to the police station, but no complaint was filed at that time.
Following the June complaint, police launched an investigation and visited Porel’s Chandannagar residence several times, but could not find him there.
The woman subsequently approached the Calcutta High Court, following which the court directed the police to arrest Porel. The court proceedings also involved allegations of criminal intimidation and other offences, besides the rape allegation.
The cricketer had earlier denied the allegations. Reactions from Porel and his family on his arrest were awaited.
