Two Australian women cricketers participating in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup were allegedly stalked and molested by a motorcycle-borne man in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Saturday morning. The accused, identified as Aqeel Khan, was arrested within hours after the players raised an alarm.

The two cricketers were staying with their team at the Radisson Blu Hotel and had stepped out for a walk towards a nearby café in the Khajrana Road area when the incident took place. According to Sub-Inspector Nidhi Raghuvanshi, a man on a motorcycle began following them and allegedly touched one of the players inappropriately before speeding away.

The players immediately contacted their team’s security manager, Danny Simmons, who coordinated with local security officers and dispatched a vehicle for

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