An FIR has been registered against Royal Challengers Bengaluru pacer Yash Dayal for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman. The police will now record statements of the cricketer and the complainant, a senior official said.

The FIR was registered against Dayal, aged 27, under Section 69 (sexual intercourse by deceitful means, including a false promise of marriage) of the BNS at Indirapuram police station on Sunday, a senior police official said.

The woman, who filed a complaint to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on June 21, said that she was allegedly exploited by the cricketer with whom she was in a relationship for five years. She also said that the cricketer sexually exploited her for the last five years, under the pretext of marriage.