NCW fumes at Salman’s rape remark

New Delhi, June 21

Criticising Bollywood superstar Salman Khan for his remark that he felt like a “raped woman” after shooting a wrestling scene in his upcoming film “Sultan”, the National Commission for Women today asked him to apologise within seven days.

“Just because he is Salman Khan does not mean he will make such a statement. This is sad,” National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam told the media here. She said Salman may be issued summons if he failed to comply. 

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“It is like the most difficult thing... when I used to walk out of that ring, it used to be actually like a raped woman walking out... it feels like the most difficult... I couldn’t take steps,” Khan is heard saying in an audio clipping during an interaction with a group of journalists.

Asha Devi, mother of the infamous 2012 Delhi gangrape victim, said she was “hurt” by Salman's remarks.

“He says he felt like a raped woman, what does he know of rape?” Asha Devi’s daughter Nirbhaya was brutalised in a moving bus in Delhi on the night of December 16, 2012. She died in a Singapore hospital after battling for life for several days at a Delhi hospital. 

Salman’s  ‘Yuvraaj’ director Subhash Ghai claimed the actor’s comments were misrepresented. He blamed it on “mistranslation”. Ghai also blamed it on the actor’s “poor English”. “He said it is a human agony he went through. The deepest human agony is when a woman is raped. He was talking about a metaphor.”  — Agencies