Hours after one of their fellow members stoked controversy by suggesting that a woman’s clothes and her behaviour were also responsible for rape, Susie Shah, the chairperson of the Maharashtra Women’s Commission, tried to put the matter to rest by saying that the comments were not reflective of the body and were personal opinions of one person.

Residents protest the gang rape of the photojournalist at Shakti Mills last year. Security of women came under the scanner after a woman was gang-raped in Delhi and another was gang-raped in the heart of the city. File pic