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Sri Lankan Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka Arrested In Sydney On Rape Charge: Report


Team sources said on Sunday that Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, who was with the national team for the T20 World Cup in Australia, was arrested on charges of sexual assault. It is known that Gunathilaka, 31, was arrested and taken to Sydney police station at dawn on Sunday following an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a woman on November 2.

“Daushka Gunathilaka has been arrested for alleged rape. The Sri Lankan team left Australia without him,” a source close to the Sri Lankan team told PTI.

The Sri Lankan team were dropped from the tournament following their loss to England on Sunday.

The left-handed player played against Namibia in the first match of the ongoing T20 World Cup and was sidelined because of a duck.

He was later ruled out of the tournament due to injury even though the team qualified for the Super 12 stage. The Lankan team finished 4th in group 1.

On its website, the New South Wales police also mentioned the arrest of an unnamed Sri Lankan citizen.

“Sex Crime Squad detectives have charged a Sri Lankan national following an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a woman in east Sydney last week,” the report said.

According to details on wesbite, a 29-year-old woman was sexually assaulted at a property in Rose Bay earlier this week.

“The woman met the man after contacting him for several days via an online dating app; it is alleged that he then sexually assaulted her on the evening of Wednesday 2 May. 11 year 2022.

“As part of the ongoing investigation, a crime scene autopsy was carried out by special forces police at an address in Rose Bay yesterday. Following further investigation, a man The 31-year-old was arrested at a hotel on Sussex Street, Sydney, shortly before 1 a.m. today (Sunday, November 6, 2022), “the report added.

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has yet to issue a statement on the matter.

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