The Bandra Police have charged cricketer Vinod Kambli with assaulting his wife Andrea while under the influence of alcohol in front of their two children. There have been no arrests in this case as of yet. According to Bandra Police, the FIR was filed after Andrea approached them late Friday night.
According to the police, Andrea stated in her statement that Kambli was drinking liquor in their residence at the JWL Cooperative Housing Society in Bandra Reclamation and became abusive and violent in front of their children.
“The complainant has said that Kambli threw the broken handle of a cooking pan at her, causing injuries to her head. He also tried to hit her with a bat but she managed to wrest it out of his hands, after which she immediately took both her children and left the house,” said an officer with the Bandra police station.
Andrea was then treated at the Bhabha Hospital in Bandra before going to the police station to record her statement and submit a copy of the medical report. “We have booked Kambli for voluntarily causing injuries with a dangerous weapon and intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace under the Indian Penal Code,” said the officer.
“Despite trying to pacify him, he abused me and my son for no reason. He charged at us. After hitting the cooking panhandle, he charged again with a bat. I managed to stop him before leaving with my son, and rushed to the hospital,” Andrea has put on record in the FIR.
Vinod Kambli was injured: Building watchman
According to the security guard of the building where Kambli and his family live, the cricketer came out of his flat with an injured head around 2 p.m. the same day. When asked how he got the injury, Kambli explained that he got into a fight with his neighbour. The guard went on to say that he believes Kambli was lying because he would have been informed if such an incident occurred in the building.
The former India batter scored 1,084 runs at an average of 54.20 in 17 Tests. Kambli scored 2,477 runs at an average of 32.59 in 104 One-Day Internationals. In his brief Test career, he also scored two double centuries.
