CBI director Ranjit Sinha regrets 'rape' analogy after backlash
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New Delhi: The CBI's chief Ranjit Sinha has said that his remark "If you can't prevent rape, you enjoy it" was taken out of context.
"I regret any hurt caused as the same was inadvertent and unintended. I reiterate my deep sense of regard and respect for women and commitment to gender issues," he said in a statement today.
His comment drew strong censure from activists and women politicians, many of who called for his resignation. "It is sickening that a man who is in charge of several rape investigations should use such an analogy," said Brinda Karat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
"If you cannot enforce the ban on betting, it is like saying, 'If you can't prevent rape, you enjoy it,'" he said at an event on Tuesday, during a discussion on whether betting should be legalized.
On Twitter, he was trending for most of the day. "The CBI director has rendered himself unfit to hold this office. Such an irresponsible and insensitive comment is simply inexcusable," tweeted Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
"Unbelievable!" tweeted noted Bangladesh writer Taslima Nasreen.
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"I regret any hurt caused as the same was inadvertent and unintended. I reiterate my deep sense of regard and respect for women and commitment to gender issues," he said in a statement today.
His comment drew strong censure from activists and women politicians, many of who called for his resignation. "It is sickening that a man who is in charge of several rape investigations should use such an analogy," said Brinda Karat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
"If you cannot enforce the ban on betting, it is like saying, 'If you can't prevent rape, you enjoy it,'" he said at an event on Tuesday, during a discussion on whether betting should be legalized.
On Twitter, he was trending for most of the day. "The CBI director has rendered himself unfit to hold this office. Such an irresponsible and insensitive comment is simply inexcusable," tweeted Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
"Unbelievable!" tweeted noted Bangladesh writer Taslima Nasreen.
Head Of India's FBI Says “If You Can’t Prevent Rape, You Might As Well Enjoy It”
Just in case anyone thought the entire world's wasn't going to the tenth, centrally-planned circle of hell in a handbasket, here comes the head of the Indian FBI to disabuse everyone out of such childish sentiments, thanks to a comment that not even the PR brain trust behind #AskJPM could have conceived. To wit: "India’s top police official was under fire Wednesday for saying, “If you can’t prevent rape, you might as well enjoy it.” And scene.
Central Bureau of Investigation chief Ranjit Sinha made the comment Tuesday during a conference about illegal sports betting and the need to legalize gambling. The CBI, the country’s premier investigative agency, is India’s equivalent of the FBI.Sinha said that if the state could not stop gambling it could at least make some revenue by legalizing it. His remarks about rape were in this context.The remarks have caused outrage across India, which in the past year has been roiled by widespread protests following the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a bus in New Delhi.Sinha said Wednesday that his comments were taken out of context and were misinterpreted, but angry activists called for his resignation.The New Delhi attack on the young woman last December caused nationwide outrage and forced the government to change rape laws and create fast-track courts for rape cases.
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