Pune Warriors cricketer Rahul Sharma on Monday refuted allegations that he was present at a rave party at a Mumbai hotel, claiming that he had gone there to attend a birthday celebration.
"I was invited to a birthday party. Wayne Parnell was with me, I did not know that there was a rave party at the hotel," said the spinner, who along with his Pune Warriors teammate, was detained by the police after a raid at the Hotel Oakwoods in Juhu.
"We reached there at around 7 in the evening and all of a sudden within half an hour of us reaching there, the police raid happened. We didn't know what was happening, I asked the police officers and they told me that a raid was in progress," he told PTI-Bhasha.
Sharma said he has been cooperative with the police and claimed that he has never touched alcohol.
"We have cooperated with the police and have even given medical tests. I belong to a simple family and have not even had a beer in my life, where does the question of attending a rave party arise?" he asked.
"I have told everything to the team management and things would be clear once the medical report comes out," he said.
{{/usCountry}}"I have told everything to the team management and things would be clear once the medical report comes out," he said.
{{/usCountry}}Police detained 96 people after the raid at the hotel late on Sunday night.