Sri Lankan Test cricketer Dhanushka Gunathilaka has been suspended after a woman accused his friend of raping her in a hotel room where he was present.
Gunathilaka, 27, and his friend, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly took two Norwegian women to the hotel where the player was staying in Colombo in the early hours of Sunday.
One of the women later accused the second man, a British passport-holder of Sri Lankan origin, of raping her and police arrested him.
The 26-year-old “is under arrest and we are continuing our investigations,” a police official said. “A Norwegian tourist made the complaint of rape.”
He said there was no allegation against Gunathilaka, who is currently Sri Lanka’s best-performing batsman in an ongoing tour by South Africa.
However Sri Lanka Cricket on Sunday night suspended him on a “misconduct” charge, although he is allowed to play in the match that is currently taking place.
