A Delhi court issued
stay order on telecast of a documentary based on the interview of a convict in
the Delhi gang-rape case. Telecast of the documentary on the internet is also
banned.
The Delhi high court said
"Cops can act if the film is aired". Home ministry is also planning to
take legal action against the documentary filmmaker Leslee Udwin for violating
stipulated permission conditions. The filmmaker Udwin said that she had
obtained legal permission to speak to the convict at Delhi's Tihar Jail.
The documentary was set to
be telecast on BBC 4 channel on 8 March. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said: "The
government has taken necessary legal action and obtained restraining order from
the court on disseminating the contents of the film.Our government condemns the
incident of December 16, 2012, in the strongest possible terms and will not
allow any attempt by any individual group or organisation to leverage such
unfortunate incidents for commercial benefits.
He further said: "The
respect and dignity of women constitute a core value of our culture and
tradition ... our government remains fully committed to ensuring safety and
dignity of women. I would like to make it clear. As soon as I got to know about
this incident I was personally hurt. I immediately talked to the concerned
authorities and gave the instruction that it should not be telecast in any
condition, and (restraining) orders were taken from court last night that
whatever has been telecast should not be released."
Mukesh Singh, one of the
convicts in the gang-rape case is featured in the interview in the documentary
film.
In the documentary he
said women who go out at night had only themselves to blame if they attracted
the attention of molesters.
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