Rahul da Cunha, theatre person
It’s simply awful; it’s a wake-up call for everybody to take rape seriously as a criminal offence. There is a need to increase the number of policemen patrolling the city as well as educate people, from villages to towns, to respect women and that it is wrong to mistreat women. The government must take concrete steps to prevent such incidents in the future; there should be stringent measures taken against rapists so that they understand there are massive implications to rape. Above everything, there is a need to educate the policemen themselves.

Suhail Shariff, criminal lawyer
Now since the girl has died, the men who raped her will be tried for rape and murder. They can be given death penalty. But in only rape cases, death penalty is not an option. To bring such an amendment in the law is a long process. First, a bill would need to be proposed in the Lok Sabha, then it will have to be passed to become an act. It will be implemented to become a law. I feel, the law should be amended soon. There should be difference between a rape and a brutal gang rape, it needs to be categorised, and capital punishment should be given for gang rapes and such brutal cases.