No Plans to Telecast Controversial Documentary On Nirvaya Gang Rape Incident In India :BBC

05 March, New Delhi

The BBC has said that it has no plans to telecast the controversial documentary on December 16, 2012 gangrape incident in India.

The documentary was however, telecast by BBC in the UK yesterday evening by advancing its telecast scheduled on International Women’s Day on 8th March.

in a communication to the Home Ministry, the BBC said that in compliance with the Government of India’s directive, it would not telecast the documentary in India. The Union Home Ministry had Wednesday asked BBC not to broadcast the documentary anywhere.

Earlier, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said that provisions for allowing such shoots inside jails would be reviewed.

A Delhi court had said the order restraining airing or broadcasting the interview of the convict Mukesh Singh, which was conducted inside the Tihar jail in New Delhi, will continue till further orders.

The documentary includes an interview of Mukesh Singh, the driver of the bus in which the 23-year-old paramedical student was brutally gangraped by six men on December 16, 2012. Mukesh has made derogatory statements against women in the documentary.

Speaking to reporters, Delhi Police Commissioner, B S Bassi said necessary action will be taken so that the documentary can not be uploaded in the social media.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s has said that the remarks by one of the Delhi gang rape convict blaming the victim for the assault are unspeakable. Ban’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said this in UN Headquarter.

He refused to make any comments on the Indian government’s decision to not air the documentary and freedom of the press.