Mysore rape case: Controversial statement of Karnataka minister, said- 'such incidents happen frequently'

  • A young woman was gang-raped in Karnataka's Mysore city on Tuesday. The miscreants who molested the girl had also beaten up her male friend badly.
  • A state government minister on Thursday made a controversial statement regarding this incident in Mysore, Karnataka.
  • Minister Shivram Hebbar said about this incident that such incidents happen frequently. Such incidents have happened in the time of other governments also.
  • He said, "It is not that such incidents are happening only when our government has come to power. Women have also been targeted in the past. "
  • Hebbar added, "Evil people who commit such crimes have always been in the society. CM Basavaraj Bommai has ordered the Home Minister to investigate the matter."