"One small incident of rape in Delhi advertised [the] world over is enough to cost us billions of dollars in terms of lower tourism," he said.
The family of the young woman whose gang-rape and murder in Delhi two years ago triggered worldwide anger, has condemned a senior minister who described the assault as "one small incident of rape".
Speaking at a tourism conference earlier this week, Arun Jaitley, who currently heads both the finance and defence ministries, said: "One small incident of rape in Delhi, advertised the world over, is enough to cost us millions of dollars in terms of lower tourism".
However, the members of the village (the wives of the accused men spoke to Faleiro, not the men themselves) accept that Baby and Khaleque were tied to the tree, but are horrified at the idea that anything else took place, collectively denying any incident of rape.
Furthermore, if a woman is gang raped by three predators, only one incident of rape is counted, as there is only one victim.
The following day, the mission released a perplexing statement, claiming that after having interviewed residents in the town, none of them "confirmed that any incident of rape took place in Tabit".
