BJP minister calls harassment a 'lesson' for Australian women players

Days after the arrest of the stalker who molested two Australian women cricketers in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has sparked outrage for stating that “The incident is a lesson for them.”

Two Australian women cricketers, taking part in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup on October



23, were allegedly stalked, and one of them was molested by a motorcycle-borne man. The accused was apprehended the next day.

The two players registered an FIR under section 74 (use of criminal force to outrage a woman’s modesty) and 78 (stalking) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the MIG police station.