BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister Dr G Parameshwara faced backlash for his remark on a molestation incident that happened at Bharathi Layout in Suddaguntepalya on April 3.
On April 7, reacting to a question over the incident by a media personnel, the home minister said that such incidents tend to happen here and there in big cities like Bengaluru.
The incident was captured on CCTV. In the 17-second video, a young man can be seen following two women walking on the 1st cross of Bharathi Layout. While trying to speak to one of them, he molests and pushes her against a wall.
The Suddaguntepalya police have registered a case in this regard for sexual harassment( BNS 75), stalking (BNS 78) and criminal force to a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty (BNS 74).
"Everyday I keep telling the police commissioner to stay vigil, to increase the beat patrolling and to monitor. The police patrolling in every jurisdiction have to be done more effectively," minister Dr G Parameshwara said.
"Such incidents (molestation) will attract the attention of the public. Policemen work around the clock. The law and order situation is stable in the city. Here and there, such incidents do happen. Legal action will be taken in accordance with the law. I have instructed the police commissioner to make the beat system more effective," the home minister said.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said in New Delhi that Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi should make Parameshwara resign as home minister.
Shehzad said Parameshwara’s statement is misogynist, patriarchal, sexist and displays an obnoxious mindset.