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Danielle Summer

A Spark of Bravery: How Indian Women Ended a Serial Rapist's Reign of Terror

Women make up less than five percent of India's prison population - of them, more than two-thirds are yet to be convicted and are in detention awaiting trial, according to government statistics from 2015, the latest available. (Credit: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP)

In August 2004, a group of 200 to 400 women stabbed a man to death in a prestigious courthouse in Nagour, India. The women were residents of the Kasturba Nagar slum, located on the edge of the Maharashtra district of central India.

On August 13, 2004, eyewitnesses watched the organised killing of 32-year-old gangster, Akku Yadav, as a large group of women carried knives, large stones and cooking powders through the streets.

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