K J George faults media for projecting Bengaluru as 'rape city'


Bengaluru, Nov 6 (PTI): Facing heat over increasing sexual assaults of minor girls in schools, Karnataka Home Minister K J George today waded into a controversy as he blamed the media for highlighting "only such news" and projecting Bengaluru as "a rape city" to increase TRP ratings.

"What has happened to the media is you want only such news, you are showing only such news to increase your TRP. Show good news, it will be good," George told reporters here.

His remarks came when questioned about a spate of sexual assault incidents in schools here grabbing national headlines with four cases involving minor girls occurring in as many months, evoking public outrage and protests.

Asked if he wants the media to refrain from publishing such news, he said "I'm responding to your question- that such news has grabbed national headlines...."

"I have told in detail several times that after Nirbhaya case Sec 376 (relating to rape) has got a wider definition, and the incidents happening within the school premises should be stopped by school managements. When complaints have come we have acted."

"Projecting Bengaluru as rape city and putting people of Karnataka in a bad light, we have objections to it," he said, as the government came under fire over the recurrence of sexual assaults on minor girls in schools.

In July, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had courted a controversy over the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl in a city private school, as he asked the media if it did not have any other issue.

"Except that, don't you have any other issue? Is this the only news you have?" Siddaramaiah had snapped back at reporters who sought to know the latest on the case that had evoked public outrage and drawn criticism of his government for not acting swiftly.

  

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  • Rahul, Pune/Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Who says only the "BRITISH" used "DIVIDE AND RULE" in India..!! We have our so called BJP/JANTA ka party dividing the nation by instigating one against the other..The rapist have been caught and arrested Mr.Yeddyurappa but the people who attacked women in our "Dakshina Kannada" in your regime as CM are still roaming free and suggesting how women must behave and the youth of Karnataka must function..

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  • Vijay, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    The Home Minister cannot prevent rapes ... it is an animal act by some sick individual. It's like saying...The Union Home minister has to prevent deaths by Murder/ or other crimes... Is it possible?.... Then Home minister of Goa should resign for land sales to Foreigner..... Why doesnt anyone see... Both Congress and BJP are the same, Both have criminals, Both are corrupt and Both are not going to do anything except blame each other and polarize voter..... the recent rape in Mangalore was done by a Hindu... So should we stop believing in Krishna Vishnu Brahma?
    There will be no end to rapes until both Centre and State take steps to CCTV ALL ROADS AND streets,
    Increase penalty of Rape and introduce DNA/PCR tests to check for rape.

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  • KRPrabhu, Bengaluru

    Fri, Nov 07 2014

    Mr.Vijay,Admn has the real power to curb if not all but few chronic anti social,ant human crimes in the soceity through streamlining ground level law makers i.e.,police personnel.When DVS was the CM he had paid extra stress for law and order adn steps taken by him was visible for residents in Bangalore.Crimes were much lesser during his time.Firstly he had ordered list of all notable rowdiy sheeters in the city/suburbs and made to summon them to respective police station and warned against against induling in crimes and also took written assurences.Again,police SIs were conducting regular/frequent meeeting at important public places like parks etc., and appraising the residents regarding happening of crimes and taking precautions.I have seen people were involved actively in such meetings.Now those things not there after this govt came to power.If any govt takes the issue in real spirit definitely there will be positive change/result in social behaviour.Positiveness is the need of the time.

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  • Vijay, Mangalore

    Fri, Nov 07 2014

    Dear Friend,
    The admin is doing that at the moment, but rape is not necessarily done by anti socials, this is an act of Hate done by mentally sick individuals. During DVS time the rape cases were not sensationalized like now... After the Nirbhaya case, the Media has a field day filling Prime time slots and Lag news hours with Rape related news. Same with Goa, the amount of Drugs and Rape related cases there have been sensationalized, because its a new Govt. Slowly voters are becoming Polarized, You are either BJP or Congress, No new ideas, People have to choose between the 2 options given to them....Look at Tamil Nadu, U.P.There you are a die hard loyal fan of Amma or appa.(In both cases..lol)

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    LOOKING AT HIS FACE HE IS NOT CONFIDENT AS HM !! AND NIDDERAMYA IS SUPPORTING TO HIM FOR THE LIST RITES OF CONGI IN KARNATAKA

    WAKE UP OLD GUYS !! YOU ARE HAVING LAST WICKET IN KARNATAKA AND YOU HAVE TO WIN THE MATCH BY ONE STATE OOPS ONE RUN !!

    TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT !!

    DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE TODAYS VOTER !!

    DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT SHREEMATHI INDIRA GANDHI SHE WAS DIFFERENT AND NOT COMPARABLE WITH ANY OF YOU FOR ANY REASONS

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  • ek, bejai

    Fri, Nov 07 2014

    george and siddu is old guys.....waht about your yeddi is he still young?

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    DAY ONE I TOLD THIS GUY HAS TO STEP DOWN AND GIVE A SPACE TO WHO CAN HANDLE IT EFFICIENTLY !!!

    MAUN AND GEORAGE HAND TO HAND TO SINK CONGI SHIP !!!

    AND CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP NONE OTHER THAN ITALY MADAM AND HER MUDDU KANDA " WHO ALWAYS SPEAK NONSENSE" AND THE BLOODY POLITICIAN DOESNT KNOW THE FACT THAT TODAYS INDIAN CITIZEN WELL CONTACTED TO THE OUTER WORLD THRU THE LATEST MOBILE TECH

    MALLU SHOULD RESIGN AT-LEAST SAVE THE CONGI FACE IN KARNATAKA

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  • Tomas Richard, Udupi

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Mr George first learn kannada..shame on you..not fit for a post of peon..

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  • Sandy, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Dear Nidderamayya, Please give PISTOL BHAGYA to all girls of Karnataka so that they can protect themselves.

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  • Mahendra Shetty, Mumbai Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014


    BECAUSE OF YOUR PERFORMANCE BANGALORE GOT THIS NAME AND FAME...

    IF YOU HAVE ANY SHAME LEFT IN YOU PLEASE LEAVE THIS JOB AND GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE TO THIS JOB BETTER THAN YOU.

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  • Samson PK, Belthangady/UAE

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Hey! George the day you became the Home minister of Karnataka our forest wealth is totally destroyed and supplied to Kerala. Not only from from DK district also from Kodagu our valuable tree's from the forest disappeared.It appears that your party's days are numbered in Karnataka so all the ministers started looting business.

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  • Vijay, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Sack George for not preventing Rapes in the State
    and Sack Rajnath Singh for not preventing Rapes in the Country

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Strategic plan by BJP and Media to Malign Karnataka ...

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  • KRPrabhu, Bengaluru

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Watch his photo...does he look like a normal gentleman?Forest brigando Veerappan had better and decent face than this!

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    You mean to say like home stay, pub attack and church attack ??????

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  • Sandesh Shetty, Bangalore/Kudla

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Why stragic plan by BJP. You never want to see someone blaming khangress. It doesnt matter whatever wrong take place under their govt.

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  • yogesh, bombay

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    garden city->silicon city->sleep city->rape city->?

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Sack George, he's good for nothing!
    There is no law & order in Karnataka

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  • Jaimini P.B., Manipal,Sharjah

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Mr.George..One day Nidramayya will kick you .Then don't say " Media Kicked me out " ..You stay at home and prepare chicken sukka..(Home Minister)

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  • Eulalia Dsouza, Bijai / Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Dear Hon. Minister George, " THERE CAN NOT BE SMOKE WITH OUT FIRE SOME WHERE."
    Please try and understand plea of people who suffer and their trauma what they go through with every incident that takes place.
    Unless you stand firm and stern on punishment to offenders of law here, you will reach no where.
    Media is projecting this also to create awareness among parents so that they can take enough precautions to ensure safety of their own children in society..
    After all, politicians loose nothing but we common people do, if we have to undergo all this trauma.!!
    You ensure your system imposes harsh Punishment to rapists found guilty am sure things will start falling in place..! We need action and talks and speeches.

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  • Shankar Rao, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Hello George, you are an inefficient minister in Karnataka home ministry. Media has the leverage to write whatever they think is right. We are democratic country. If media is not allowed to highlight the inefficiencies of yours, then better we become another China. Just vacate your chair and leave it to able bodied people who can restore law and order in the state.

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  • Naveen, Manglore/Bahrain

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Don’t show rape news, show Siddaramayya’s videos sleeping in functions.
    HM knows rapes are in only in Bangalore city. He don’t know even whole state becoming rape state..Useless fellows..

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  • lukas, malpe

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    media succeeded in targeting Delhi,Maharastra and Haryana all congress ruled state, now they are behind Karnataka by highlighting more then other state where BJP ruling.

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  • Allen, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Nalipere gothu ijjandinaye jaal sari ijji panthege! Ancha aand ee Kadapuna kathe!

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  • JNB, Bejai

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    JUST APPOINT ONE 'encounter specialist' LIKE DAYA NAYAK.
    IT WILL SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.

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  • praveen, kulshekar

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    George is right! BJP has fed the media to bring down the congress ruled states....Media highlights the issues of Vadra and other congress leaders, but not on BJP leaders and moral policing all over India BD RS HMS encouraged by the RSS. Have the media highlighted or broadcasted riots in Vadodra recently

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  • vellano1, Mumbai

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    forget Rapes, during yeddy time, media highlighted "GARBAGE" as the only crisis in the world, bengaluru is facing....! everyday and night tthose same reels were shown... yella baai chapparisi nodidru, Congi-donghis ke khushiyo khushi..

    not one took up, "OK lets clean this- Swachha bengaluru" or whatever... !

    Now has garbage issue resolved... nothing!!! instead, one RAIN and ENTIRE BANGALORE OVERFLOWS WITH SEWER AND FILTH.... EVERYWHERE!

    George, we know u cant handle anything, let alone rape cases...! atleast one case where KMF leader's son took a salesgirl to a farmhouse and raped, tell me what happened to it? Bail and let off?

    Siddaramayya's aide raped a girl.. where is he now? .... U said school's r private premises and you cant assure safety there...!@ so if someone takes a victim to a farmhouse, I suppose u wont be able to save the girl either, right? and robber enters a house, you cant provide a cop for each house, will be ur excuse right?

    Only thing u r capable of doing is, Trafficking "COWS" from chamarajanagra, MCoorg and kasargod area...!! that too in illegal way by ing chilli powder in eyes of those animals and driving them inside the river...! curse of those cows will be enough, for ur downfall man..! forget the girls who got raped..

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  • Allen, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Any responsible man in his position would have resigned by this time! Most useless man, shame to be a HM after so many rapes and crimes in the capital city!

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  • Sudhakar Poojary, Kadeshivalya/Dubai

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Prominent Joker of Nidre Ramayya's team.

    90 padid manipande jeppule mare. Daye bak bak malpar.

    First time in the history of Karnataka is having such a waste HM.

    He is Fit for Office boy not for HM.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Not RAPE CITY.....its Rapeluru!!

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  • KRPrabhu, Bengaluru

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Our CM sleeping Siddaramaiah was in headlines in national TV media yesterday with sleeping pose photo which never happened earlier in any state.Shame for 6 crore Kannadigas....
    HM George etan says that media people are hyping the news about rape,murder,loot,robery etc., under his nose to defame CCC mafia govt...disguesting....
    Yesterday his police even manhandled a woman MP Karandlaje and other ladies for protesting in front of CMs official residence in Bangalore. Anything is left to feel shame for 6 crore Kannadigas?

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  • nagesh nayak, bangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    where are those psuedos are hiding now.

    during glass pane breaking these psuedos cried , barked in front of cnn, bbc,aljajeera and local media.

    now running towards rat holes to hide.

    shame on you

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  • India First, India

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    IT Companies are running away from Bangalore, Tourists are reluctant to visit Bangalore, North East Indians are not safe in Bangalore, School childminders are get raped every second day.... and you blame media !!

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  • RODRIGUES, UDUPI, DUBAI

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    why our government is showing mercy on rapist...kill him in front of public...if not give us license to kill...we will kill them...if not one day India is becoming same like Afghanistan

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    First stepdown ......
    You are not deserved for HM post at all..

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  • DINESH SHETTY, PADUBIDRI/DUBAI

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Nobody can oust this HM even
    Siddaramiah because he is the family
    friend of Italian Lady.

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  • Suresh, Udupi/Bangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Bangalore has many real problems like bad roads, traffic jam, garbage, rape, robbery, corruption, etc.

    Fix them George, instead of telling media to hide them.

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  • readerwriter007, pune

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    ha ha ha... this joker is not in this world at all. whole world is spitting on the city and the state and this joker is asking media why are you publishing it. come on man... wake up. we are hearing incidents once in 2 / 3 days , that also on childs yaar which is rediculous and inhuman act. Instead of taking moral ownership and responsibility , this guy is showing his shameless face and asking media why are you publishing it. Good pair for the CM who asked same media as is it a news. Yes, it's a news for us who are humans. but for you and your team it may not be the news unless your own daughters or ladies of your family are raped. May be you will digest or hide that also to retain the political agenda.

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  • Sudhakar, Kallianpur

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Mr. Geroge, this will happen when you recite bhajan daily "Amma Ninna Daye Ondiddare Saaku, Yaarenu Maadiyaaru" without doing anything.

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    GOERGE BOY HAS TO GO BACK HIS ROUTE AND HAVE A KAPPAA MAATHI AS THIS PORTFOLIO IS NOT HIS CUP OF TEA !!!

    NO TOM DICK AND HARRY CAN DO ANY JOB OTHERWISE THIS SITUATION OF HM NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED

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  • nagesh nayak, bangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Now george bhai understands the pain of media .

    during stone threw on glass panes of church same media showed broken glass panes 24x7 thruout the year.
    and george bhai alongwith others cried , barked thatb attack on minority bla bla bla.

    still he is busy in searching who threw the stones alongwith nidderamayya.

    BANGALORE HAS BECOME RAPE CITY AND WHOLE WORLD WATCHING THE NIDDERAMAYYA GOVT.DOES NOTHING.

    MEDIA IS DOING ITS JOB RIGHTLY.

    WHAT GEORGE BHAI DO YOU WANT MEDIA SHOULD CHANT ITALIAN CHAALIS AND PAPPU MANTRA .

    IN HSR LAYOUT FOUR MEN ENTERED HOUSE AND GANG RAPED A WOMAN IN FRONT OF HUSBAND AND MOTHER IN LAW.
    MOREOVER TWO ARE RAPING AND OTHER TWO ARE SHOOTING .

    DO YOU THINK MEDIA SHOULD KEEP QUIET.

    4 YEAR OLD , SIX YEAR OLD GIRLS ARE RAPED IN BANGALORE SCHOOLS .

    DO YOU THINK MEDIA KEEP QUIET.

    WHAT DO YOU WANT MEDIA SHOULD DO.

    PRAISE ITALIAN ,AMUL BABY,NIDDERAMAYYA AND YOURSELF.

    IN TEERTHALLI 13 YEARS OLD GIRL KIDNAPPED AND KILLED .

    YOUR GOVT. IS SLEEPING

    SHAME SHAME

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  • WASIM, UDUPI/DUBAI

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    FULL PARAGRAPH BUT ALL NON SENSE

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  • Shiva, Udupi / Qatar

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    George,
    Media is not producing news on its own showing facts.. Accept the Facts.. Every one knows you are failed H.Minister. Kailaagadavanu Mukhavella parachikondavana haage bobbe beda..

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE., PERINJE.

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    K.J.George unlucky Home Minister ever Karnataka had.Better some introspect from Congress Party.Rape, murder and law and order problem is headlines daily media...What tangible step George took to rectify it?Moral policing @ peak in DK!!!!A sub inspector in Mangalore Kavoor suspended for being harsh to law breakers was suspended!!!!!!Home Minister /ministry in Karnataka is under vegge status?

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  • Shankar, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Daari bidi please,... Perinje Sahebru BJPge barthiddare.

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  • Rajesh Shetty, Mlore Shj

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    After National son in law Robber Vadra started to close his companies in Haryana and Rajasthan.

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  • Allen, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    This man is not unlucky! He is a real curse on Karnataka!! Inspite of all the crimes and daily rapes, shamelessly he blames the media!

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  • FLAVIAN DSOUZA, CHIK/BANAGLORE

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Mr KJ george please do your job. None will complain if you do your job well. media will do its job but if you dont give them a chance why will they .state the facts , hold a press meet , come in the open..also you will now have no time with EGL scam !!!

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  • srk , Mlor\AUH

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    George mallu is a fool so he is talking like that , may he is not educated just 9th or 10th fail

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  • Romith, Mangaluru

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Media fault no doubt, it happened in UP state also three months back

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Thu, Nov 06 2014

    Oye George Saab…. Don’t barks at Media…let them write whatever they want….but why you want to give them a chance to write….did they told anything lie??? This is what happening once beautiful and peaceful Bangalore City under your CONGiss miss-rule!!!!! Give your Police Department full power so that they will create fear factor among these criminals… But no….your Dongi Congiss Leaders rush to Police Station whenever Police arrest someone for questioning

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