# Pappu Yadav offers Rs 2 lakh to cut off eve-teaser’s hand 2026-10-18T08:26:56+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Purnia MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on 18 October announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh to anyone who cuts off the hand of a person harassing his daughter. He made the statement while inaugurating the Durga Mahotsav at his ancestral village Khurda in Madhepura district. Yadav said there would be no compromise on the safety of daughters and mothers, regardless of caste, religion or power of the accused. He warned of a war bigger than the Mahabharata against those who harass women. The remarks have sparked debate on social media, with some supporting the tough message while others questioning the extra-legal nature of the reward. No political party or social organisation has reacted officially yet. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both bhaskar.com and tv9hindi.com cover the same event identically, quoting Yadav's Rs 2 lakh reward and Mahabharata war reference verbatim. Bhaskar.com leads with the reward announcement and carries the MP's full threat without any qualifying context. Tv9hindi.com adds a balancing sentence noting that punishing offenders is a matter for law and judicial process, not individual reward. It also poses the question whether such language promotes extra-legal tendencies. The uniform wire-style coverage means the only framing difference is tv9hindi.com's brief cautionary editorial insert. The debate on social media, reported by both outlets, remains the open point. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - bhaskar.com (neutral report) Straight report of the announcement, no editorial comment - tv9hindi.com (neutral report) Same facts, adds a cautionary sentence on law vs extra-legal action This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Madhepura, Pappu Yadav, Purnia Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/pappu-yadav-offers-rs-2-lakh-to-cut-off-eve-teasers-hand/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/pappu-yadav-offers-rs-2-lakh-to-cut-off-eve-teasers-hand/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/