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Cricketers should pass the section medication oregon their squad information officials erstwhile stepping out, Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has said, days aft two Australian women players were allegedly stalked and molested successful Indore.
“Players should support the section medication oregon their information [officials] informed erstwhile they are going out. There is simply a immense craze for cricket players [in India], similar it is for shot players successful England. Players sometimes don’t realise their fame but they are precise popular. They should besides beryllium careful,” Mr. Vijayvargiya, besides the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Indore, told reporters.
“This incidental is acquisition for some america and the players,” helium said.
Accused successful custody
Meanwhile, a tribunal successful Indore connected Sunday (October 26) sent the accused, Aqueel Khan, 29, to 14 days of judicial custody. Mr. Khan is accused of stalking and molesting by “touching inappropriately” 2 members of Australia’s women’s cricket team, which was successful Indore for the ongoing 13th variation of the Women’s World Cup.
The accused has a transgression grounds of 10 past cases against him, including nether the Arms Act and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Indore Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rajesh Dandotiya told The Hindu.
The incidental took spot astatine astir 11.30 a.m. connected Thursday, erstwhile the 2 players were walking to a cafe astatine Khajrana Road adjacent Indore’s Holkar cricket stadium.
Mr. Dandotiya said that the accused was arrested connected Thursday nighttime pursuing an intensive cognition supported by method and quality intelligence. The accused, a nonmigratory of Daulatbagh Colony, works as a painter
“We person besides seized a motorcycle that helium utilized to stalk the players. It has nary fig plate,” Mr. Dandotiya said, refuting media reports that a bystander had noted the conveyance number.
“The players, successful their statement, had mentioned a antheral successful a car who offered to assistance them aft the incident. But cipher had the accused’s conveyance fig oregon immoderate different important identification,” helium added.
“We raided his location connected Thursday nighttime but helium was not there. We aboriginal pinned down connected him with the assistance of quality intelligence,” Mr. Dandotiya said.
The accused “tried to tally from a constabulary squad and jumped into a drain and sustained injuries, including immoderate fractures”, helium added.
