Vinod Kambli gets booked for getting drunk & assaulting wife

Mumbai: A case has been registered against former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli for alleged assault and abuse on his wife, being drunk. An official of Bandra station said that inebriated Kambli allegedly attacked his wife at their home in suburban Bandra, PTI reported.

Though an investigation into the incident has been initiated, no arrest has been made so far on the incident that happened on Friday, the officer added.

According to Kambli's wife's complaint, he threw the handle of a cooking pan at her, and she suffered an injury on the head.

The officer said that the incident happened between 1 and 1:30 midnight on Friday. The cricketer was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, and he started abusing his wife, said the officer.

Their 12-year-old son, who was present at that time, intervened in the fight, but Kambli went into the kitchen, brought the handle of a broken frying pan and allegedly threw it on his wife, due to which she got injured, the officer said.

Kambli's wife later went to the Bhabha Hospital for a medical examination.

Based on her complaint, the Bandra police on Friday registered the FIR against Kambli under Indian Penal Code Sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), the official said.