Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya sparked outrage with his remarks blaming Australian women cricketers for a molestation incident that occurred in Indore last week. The Urban Development and Housing Minister suggested that the players’ decision to leave their hotel without informing anyone contributed to the unfortunate event.

β€œπ‘¨ 𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’…π’†π’‡π’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’†π’π’š 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘¨π’–π’”π’•π’“π’‚π’π’Šπ’‚π’ π’˜π’π’Žπ’†π’ π’„π’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’•π’†π’“π’” 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰π’π’–π’• π’Šπ’π’‡π’π’“π’Žπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‚π’π’šπ’π’π’†, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉. π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” π’˜π’‚π’” π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕,” π‘½π’Šπ’‹π’‚π’šπ’—π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’Šπ’šπ’‚ 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑡𝑫𝑻𝑽.β€œπ‘»π’‰π’†π’š 𝒉𝒂𝒅 π’”π’†π’„π’–π’“π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 β€” 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‘π’π’π’Šπ’„π’†. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’„π’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’•π’†π’“π’” 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 π’˜π’†π’π’• 𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’π’† π’„π’‰π’‚π’•π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’š π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’Šπ’π’„π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’• 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅.”

The comments came after two Australian players were allegedly harassed by a motorcyclist in Indore while walking to a cafΓ© on Thursday morning β€” a day after their victory against England in the ICC Women’s World Cup. Cricket Australia confirmed the incident, adding that it had been reported to the police, who arrested the accused within six hours.

β€œOther Cricketers Will Also Learn a Lesson,” Says Vijayvargiya

Rajesh Dandotiya, Additional DCP (Indore Crime Branch), identified the accused as Aqeel, who had a prior criminal record. He was apprehended after an extensive search operation. The BCCI, through secretary Devajit Saikia, strongly condemned the incident and stated that safety measures would be reviewed if required.

The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) also expressed deep regret and issued an apology to the Australian team for the distressing episode.

Vijayvargiya, however, maintained that the situation should serve as a learning experience for visiting athletes.

β€œπ‘»π’‰π’† π’Šπ’π’„π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’• π’Šπ’” 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆,” 𝒉𝒆 π’”π’‚π’Šπ’…. β€œπ‘Άπ’•π’‰π’†π’“ π’„π’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’•π’†π’“π’” π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 β€” π’˜π’‰π’†π’ π’•π’‰π’†π’š 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’ 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’„π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’„π’π’–π’π’•π’“π’š, π’•π’‰π’†π’š π’Žπ’–π’”π’• π’“π’†π’Žπ’‚π’Šπ’ π’„π’‚π’–π’•π’Šπ’π’–π’” 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’π’˜π’ π’”π’‚π’‡π’†π’•π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’†π’π’-π’ƒπ’†π’Šπ’π’ˆ.”

Australia, which finished on top of the Women’s World Cup league stage, has continued its campaign despite the unsettling episode. The Meg Lanning-led side will face India in the semi-final on October 30 in Navi Mumbai, while South Africa will take on England in Guwahati in the other semi-final.

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