New Delhi: According to the big morning news coming from the cricket world, Sri Lankan batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been arrested in Sydney on Saturday in connection with the rape case. At the same time, if the report of The Australian is to be believed, then four major allegations of rape have been made against him. Along with this, according to other media reports, a 29-year-old woman has made serious allegations against him of having sex with her without consent. According to the information, the said woman had met Gunathilaka through a well-known dating app.
Police allege the cricketer sexually assaulted the woman he met in Rose Bay on Wednesday after they had been chatting on an online dating application for several days, ABC News reports. On Saturday, detectives from the Sex Crimes Squad and Eastern Suburbs police formed Strike Force Veteran to investigate the allegations.
“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,” the New South Wales police said in a statement.”As part of ongoing investigations, a crime scene examination was undertaken by specialist police at an address in Rose Bay.
Sri Lankan team out of T20 World Cup
Talking about the game, in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia, the Sri Lankan team had to face a crushing defeat against England on Saturday and with this, they were out of the race for the semi-finals. And Danushka was arrested after this match. However, Danushka is currently not included in the 15 squads of the Sri Lankan team. In fact, he was already out of the team due to an injury in the qualifying round. Although he is still with the team.
There have been allegations before
It is worth noting that in the last 2018, Danushka was implicated in a similar case when Danushka’s friend was accused of raping a Norwegian woman in the Sri Lankan team hotel, after which Danushka was also suspended from the team. Then Danushka and her friend were accused of having brought two Norwegian women to the hotel where the Sri Lankan team was staying. Later, a woman accused Danushka’s friend of rape, who is a British passport holder of Sri Lankan origin. At the same time, after registering the case, the police arrested Danushka’s friend. Although Danushka Gunathilaka was not accused by the woman then.
