Former Somerset captain and renowned cricket writer and broadcaster Peter Roebuck, who had a considerable following in India, committed suicide at a hotel in South Africa on Saturday soon after reportedly being questioned by police over sexual assault. He was 55.
The former opening batsman turned journalist is believed to have jumped to his death from the sixth floor of his hotel in Cape Town, where he was covering the Test series between South Africa and Australia. Police said he was found dead outside his room at his hotel near the Newlands cricket ground.
The South African police released a statement confirming Roebuck had taken his own life on Saturday night, while Australia’s cricket body said Roebuck had been with the Australian team just hours before his death.
A report by The Sydney Morning Herald, one of the newspapers Roebuck wrote for, said he had been questioned at his hotel at about 9 pm on Saturday by a uniformed police officer and a detective from the sexual crimes unit over an alleged assault.
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