Big trouble for Kohli’s RCB teammate, faces sexual assault case for…

Yash Dayal- a 27-year-old cricketer from Uttar Pradesh- is already facing charges of sexual exploitation from a woman in Ghaziabad who alleged that Dayal abused her after promising to marry her during a five-year relationship. SHO of Jaipur’s Sanganer Sadar police station- Anil Jaiman said that the latest FIR against Yash was registered on Wednesday.

“FIR was registered against Yash Dayal for rape under relevant sections of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) act and the BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita),” he said here on Friday.

According to Anil Jaiman, the victim alleged that Yash Dayal raped her for the first time in 2023 when she was just 17 years old, and a similar incident happened in April this year at a hotel in Sitapura era.

“She alleged that the cricketer had promised help and support in her career. He contacted her in April this year when he was in Jaipur for IPL and called her to the hotel where he allegedly raped her again,” the SHO said, adding that the matter was under investigation.

Yash Dayal, a medium pacer, is a reasonably well-known bowler in the Indian domestic circuit. He made his debut for Uttar Pradesh in 2018 and has since played 27 first-class games, claiming 84 wickets. He has appeared in 71 T20 matches that have yielded 66 scalps. Yash began his IPL career with the Gujarat Titans in 2022 before moving to RCB, which bought him for Rs five crore in the 2024 players’ auction.