New Delhi : The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting late on Tuesday night issued an advisory to all television channels not to broadcast the Nirbhaya documentary by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin.
It was not immediately clear what the advisory stated, but at least one Indian news channel had said it would air the documentary on 8th March on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Delhi Police registered an FIR in connection with the controversial interview of a convict in the December 16 gang-rape case while also saying that it would move court to seek a restrain order on its airing. “This was a ghastly crime. One has to take into consideration that reporting of a crime does not transgress the domain of law and if that happens then the law will have to take its own course,” Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said.
In the interview conducted by Udwin and BBC landed in controversy as Mukesh Singh, the bus driver, reportedly showed no remorse, kicked up a storm on Tuesday with government taking a serious view of the matter and seeking an explanation from Tihar jail authorities.
Earlier, the convict has said ”women who went out at night had only themselves to blame if they attracted the attention of gangs of male molesters”.
The parents of the December 16th , 2012 gangrape victim also reacted angrily to the remarks made by the convict.
