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Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s under-fire pacer Yash Dayal has been accused of raping a minor in an FIR registered against him by Jaipur Police.
The 27-year-old cricketer from Uttar Pradesh is already facing charges of sexual exploitation from a woman in Ghaziabad who has 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 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 in Jaipur on Friday (July 25, 2025).
According to Jaiman, the victim has alleged that the player raped her first in 2023 when she was 17 and a similar assault took place in April this year at a hotel in Sitapura area.
“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.
The player has not issued any statement on either of the two cases so far.
Published – July 25, 2025 03:44 pm IST
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