Indian Ministers Under Fire for Blaming 'Western Clothes' for Sex Attacks

An Indian minister has received widespread criticism for suggesting that "western clothes" were responsible for a slew of sexual assaults which took place in the city of Bangalore on New Year's Eve. "A large number of youngsters gathered - youngsters who are almost like westerners," Karnataka's Home Minister G Parameshwara told The Times Now television network. "They try to copy westerners not only in mindset, but even the dressing, so some disturbance,...

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