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President's son Abhijit Mukherjee calls gangrape protesting women 'dented and painted'

Kolkata/New Delhi, Dec 27: President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit, a Congress MP, has landed in a controversy following his comments running down women who had been participating in the mass protests at Delhi after the

IANS Updated on: December 27, 2012 19:58 IST
She also said her father would disagree with Abhijit's view.

In a tight spot, Abhijit apologised and withdrew the "dented-painted" comment.

"I withdraw the particular sentence 'dented and painted' women. I have no intention to insult any woman," he said.

There was large-scale outrage in the capital as protestors, mainly students, gathered in large numbers to express their agony over the rape of a paramedical student Dec 16.

Some of the protestors even took to violence and there were clashes between them and the policemen.

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