‘Raped her on multiple occasions’: Cricketer Yash Dayal accused of sexually assaulting minor girl in Jaipur; 2nd case against him | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: IPL cricketer Yash Dayal has been named in a second FIR alleging repeated sexual assault in 2023 on a minor from Jaipur, weeks after a rape complaint was filed against him in UP’s Ghaziabad by a woman who accused him of “exploiting” her.SHO Anil Kumar Jaiman of Sanganer Sadar police station confirmed the cricketer’s identity based on the FIR registered Wednesday under Section 64 of the new penal code BNS, which mandates a minimum jail term of 10 years, and relevant sections of the Posco Act.The complaint alleges that Dayal, a fast bowler playing for IPL-winning franchise RCB, raped the then 17-year-old survivor first in 2023 and again in a Jaipur hotel this April.“It is alleged that around two years ago, when the complainant was a minor, he raped her on multiple occasions after offering to help build her cricket career,” Jaiman said. “This year, he contacted her again when he was in Jaipur on IPL duty, called her to his hotel and allegedly raped her there.”A senior police officer said the case was registered immediately after the survivor chose to report the multiple instances of alleged sexual assault since 2023. Investigators are working on the case, including steps to record her detailed statement, he said.Allahabad High Court stayed Dayal’s arrest in the Ghaziabad case on July 15, saying no coercive action should be taken against him till the next hearing. The FIR had been filed on July 6 at Indirapuram police station, based on a complaint by the survivor to UP CM Yogi Adityanath through the state’s integrated grievance redress system.
