KATHMANDU, Oct. 5 -- The country is in a state of shock over multiple stories of rape and murder of minors. Experts warn of worse days ahead in terms of the safety of girls and women.

Unless big investments are made to strengthen internal security, 'countless minors and elders will pay the price', they say. While the demand to hang the rapists is being heard on the street, experts remind that capital punishment has not deterred sexual crimes in other parts of the world.

"I've heard people and some parliamentarians demanding death penalty to rapists and murderers. Unfortunately, the solution is not that easy," said criminologist Dr Madhav Acharya, a co-author of 'criminology and penology'. "When we take the life of the criminal, we are n...