Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach arrested in India

Twitter image posted by Luke Pomersbach (standing with Chris Gayle) hours before he was arrested in India.

INDIAN police have arrested and charged Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach.

The 27-year-old batsman, who has one international cap for Australia, was arrested after a party in New Delhi on Thursday night (local time).

Pomersbach, who plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, faces up to three years in jail after being charged with molestation, assault and house-breaking after allegedly groping a 27-year-old American woman during an after-game party at the ITC Maurya Hotel, a police statement said.

“We have arrested Luke Pomersbach for assaulting a woman and beating up the fiance who objected to his action,” police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told the world news service AFP.

It’s not the Australian cricketer’s first brush with the law. Pomersbach has battled depression and drug problems and narrowly avoided a jail sentence in Australia after admitting to assaulting a police officer who was trying to arrest him for drink-driving.

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