Vinod Kambli & his Wife Andrea Accused of Assaulting Bollywood Singer Ankit Tiwari's Father

Vinod Kambli, the former India cricket, and controversies are a match made in heaven. Now and then, Kambli grabs the headlines, and more often than not they happen for all the wrong reasons.

In the latest turn of events, Kambli and his wife Andrea Hewitt accused of assaulting a 59-year-old man at the Inorbit Mall in Mumbai’s Malad on Sunday afternoon.

The man in question is the father of Bollywood singer, Ankit Tiwari, whose brother Ankur was also present at the scene. RK Tiwari, the singer’s father, has accused that the Kambli couple had assaulted him. He also said that Andrea used her footwear to beat him.

According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, Ankur said the couple even punched his father.

Kambli and his wife, meanwhile, have defended themselves by claiming that RK Tiwari intentionally brushed his hand against Andrea. They also accused Tiwari of inappropriately touching her.

“We were at the mall around 3 pm when my wife caught hold of an old man’s hand. When she caught him in the act, he pushed her away. When we were at the food court, two men, who we assume were the man’s sons, tried to attack my wife,” Kambli told the Mirror.

“The inappropriate touching ka zamaana is over. Such things should be dealt with strictly,” the report quoted Andrea as saying.

Reports also quoted Ankur Tiwari as saying his father was ‘disoriented after the attack’.

“He couldn’t believe he had been punched, and that a woman was screaming, accusing him of brushing his hand against her. I asked my father to identify the woman, and we realised she was Kambli’s wife.”

Ankur further claimed Kambli verbally abused onlookers who were trying to video record the incident.

“He was abusing loudly, cursing everyone around. I asked him to speak to me politely, but he kept pushing me. His wife pushed me too. When I tried calling up the police, he snatched my phone. He even chased a woman to make sure she deleted the video recording from her phone,” he told Mirror.

The matter is now with the Bangur Nagar police.

Kambli represented India in 16 Tests, and 104 ODIs, scoring over 3,000 runs with the help of six centuries.