New Delhi: A day after his cabinet colleague said the Mysuru gang-rape survivor should not have gone to a deserted place at night, Karnataka tourism minister Anand Singh said the same.

An MBA student was allegedly raped by five men near Chamundi Hills in Mysuru late on Tuesday, August 24 and the incident came to light a day after, on August 25. The girl and her male friend, who was assaulted by the gang, are undergoing treatment in a private hospital.

Indian Express has reported that Singh said police cannot be deployed at remote spots.

“Be it young lovers or newlywed couples, they shouldn’t go to such places. We cannot tell everyone not to go. Police can’t be deployed at all such spots,” Singh said on Friday, August 27.

A day ago, Karnataka home minister Araga Jnanendra had said that the survivor and her friend should not have ventured to a deserted place and that the Congress was trying to “rape” him by politicising the issue.

"Around 7-7:30 pm (on Tuesday) they (the victim and male friend) had gone there. It is a deserted place, they should not have gone.. but we can't stop anyone from going, they have gone. It is a deserted place and no one usually goes there as no one will be there," Jnanendra told reporters.

Reacting to opposition Congress' criticism on the law and order situation in the state after the gang-rape incident, he said "Rape has happened there (in Mysuru), but the Congress is trying to rape me...they are trying to rape the home minister. They are trying to gain political mileage. It is an inhuman act."

Amidst outrage, chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said, "I just don't agree with the comments made by my Home Minister regarding the gang-rape incident. I have advised him to give a clarification."

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