A couple of months ago, the then Karnataka Home Minister KJ George had come out with a unique definition of gang rape. George, while referring to an incident where two men assaulted a 22-year-old call centre employee, had asked, "Shouldn't there be at least three or four people for it to be called gang rape?"

Now, George's predecessor G Parameshwara has reportedly issued a bizarre statement over the Cubbon Park rape incident. Blaming the 30-year-old victim, Parameshwara said, "Why should a woman go to play tennis at 9.30 in the night?"

Two security guards have been arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman inside Bengaluru's famous Cubbon Park on Wednesday night. According to reports, the woman had gone to the park to get club membership but was asked to come next day. The two men spotted her offered help in seeking the membership. They took the woman to an isolated spot inside the park and took turns to assault her.

However, Parameshwara has denied making any such statement and blamed the media of twisting his remark. "I didn't make that statement...I said the incident happened at 9.30 in the evening and police were quick enough to arrest those two persons. That's all I said...the media twisted my statement," Parameshwara said.

Meanwhile, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has demanded resignation of Karnataka home minister. "Not only is it insensitive, it doesn't send the right message. If he is not interested in his work. He should step down," Gandhi told reporters.

Karnataka home ministers and rape remarks

Speaking to some television channels over the October 3 incident wherein a woman employee of a BPO was gangraped by two men, George had said,"How is it a gangrape if two people rape? Shouldn't there be at least three or four people for it to be called gangrape?"

This was not for the first time that George issued a controversial remark. In November last year, he had accused the media of highlighting sexual assault stories for TRP ratings.

"What has happened to the media? You want only such news, you are showing only such news to increase your TRP. Show good news, it will be good," George, who was facing severe heat over increasing sexual assaults of minor girls in Bengaluru schools, had said.

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