That was an arrogant statement," Parrikar said late on Saturday. NEW DELHI: In what was an obvious rap on actor Aamir Khan's knuckles, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday that those who speak ill of India need to be taught a lesson. "People have shown their power, an actor made this mistake, said his wife wants to go and stay in a foreign country. If anyone speaks like this, they need to be taught a lesson," Parrikar said.Further making it obvious that Parrikar was referring to Aamir was his mention of "an online trading company". "The Congress party's Surjewala said the minister is going beyond his remit in attacking Aamir.With inputs from ANI

Source: Times of India July 31, 2016 08:20 UTC