Gurgaon: Yuvraj Singh, his brother and mother have been accused by the cricketer's sister-in-law of domestic violence.

Akanksha Sharma, the estranged wife of Yuvraj's brother Zorawar and a contestant in the TV reality show Bigg Boss 10 last year, has filed a petition in a Gurgaon court.

While Zorawar and his mother Shabnam have been accused of "mental and financial torture", Yuvraj has been accused of being a "mute spectator". Akanksha has alleged that she was tortured over having a baby.

In a statement on Wednesday, Damanbir Singh Sobti, the counsel for Yuvraj, Shabnam and Zorawar, said the complaint was "malafide, baseless and time-barred".

Akanksha's lawyer Swati Singh Malik said: "Domestic violence does not mean just physical violence. It also means mental and financial torture.... Yuvraj was a mute spectator to the sufferings caused to my client by Zorawar and his mother."

Gurgaon police chief public relations officer Manish Sehgal said they had not yet received a direction from the court to register an FIR.