NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old school pupil was on Saturday arrested by the police for illegally coming into the enjoying space throughout an IPL match on the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
The incident occurred on Friday night time when the defending champions Chennai Tremendous Kings have been up towards Gujarat Titans.
Regardless of stringent safety measures in place, the fan managed to breach the cordon and made his manner onto the sector to satisfy his idol MS Dhoni.
The authorities have charged the person with prison trespass for his actions.
Jaykumar Jani, a local of Rabarika village in Bhavnagar district, has been arrested underneath part 447 (prison trespass) of the IPC, Assistant Commissioner of Police DV Rana mentioned.
Jani knowledgeable the police that he was Dhoni’s fan and needed to satisfy him, he mentioned.
He jumped the barricades and ran in direction of the cricketer who was batting, the official mentioned.
In a video of the incident that surfaced on social media, Jani is seen bowing at Dhoni’s ft close to the pitch and hugging him earlier than safety personnel take him away.
“Jani and his brother Parth travelled from Bhavnagar to observe the match. Throughout a DRS (choice assessment system) break, Jani first jumped the metallic barricades close to the black display screen and ran in direction of the pitch. He was shortly apprehended and brought to Chandkheda police station,” Rana mentioned.
He was formally arrested on Saturday after a primary data report (FIR) was registered towards him, the official mentioned.
That is the second such incident at Narendra Modi stadium in six months.
In November 2023, Wayne Johnson, an Australian nationwide of Chinese language-Filipino origin, breached the safety cordon to enter the sector to hug Virat Kohli throughout the World Cup remaining between India and Australia.
(With inputs from PTI)
The incident occurred on Friday night time when the defending champions Chennai Tremendous Kings have been up towards Gujarat Titans.
Regardless of stringent safety measures in place, the fan managed to breach the cordon and made his manner onto the sector to satisfy his idol MS Dhoni.
The authorities have charged the person with prison trespass for his actions.
Jaykumar Jani, a local of Rabarika village in Bhavnagar district, has been arrested underneath part 447 (prison trespass) of the IPC, Assistant Commissioner of Police DV Rana mentioned.
Jani knowledgeable the police that he was Dhoni’s fan and needed to satisfy him, he mentioned.
He jumped the barricades and ran in direction of the cricketer who was batting, the official mentioned.
In a video of the incident that surfaced on social media, Jani is seen bowing at Dhoni’s ft close to the pitch and hugging him earlier than safety personnel take him away.
“Jani and his brother Parth travelled from Bhavnagar to observe the match. Throughout a DRS (choice assessment system) break, Jani first jumped the metallic barricades close to the black display screen and ran in direction of the pitch. He was shortly apprehended and brought to Chandkheda police station,” Rana mentioned.
He was formally arrested on Saturday after a primary data report (FIR) was registered towards him, the official mentioned.
That is the second such incident at Narendra Modi stadium in six months.
In November 2023, Wayne Johnson, an Australian nationwide of Chinese language-Filipino origin, breached the safety cordon to enter the sector to hug Virat Kohli throughout the World Cup remaining between India and Australia.
(With inputs from PTI)
