Anand Mahindra’s offer to ‘execute rapists’ strikes a chord

Enraged at the news of an eight year-old girl brutally raped, mutilated and murdered in Gujarat’s Surat, the 62-year-old Chairman of automobiles giant Mahindra Group on Sunday shot off an angry tweet: 

“The job of executioner is not an aspirational job. But for the execution of brutal rapists & murderers of young girls, I would volunteer unhesitatingly.” 

“I work hard to stay calm, but my blood boils over to see this happen in our country,” his tweet said, reflecting his anguish and anger. 

The rape in Surat comes at the height of protests all over the country in the wake of the rape and murder of a minor girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua and the rape of a teenaged girl in Unnao of Uttar Pradesh. 

Soon after Mahindra’s comment, celebrity photographer Atul Kasbekar tweeted: “You’ll have to get in line”, indicating his own keenness to act as executioner in such crimes. 

Others said Mahindra’s army of 6.6 million (Twitter) followers will be ready to be a part of this great deed, and others offered to give a helping hand whenever required. 

There have been massive protests against the Kathua and Unnao incidents in several other metros like New Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and in different states since the past few days, apart from people pouring their grief and outrage on social media while demanding justice.