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Government examining BBC showing documentary, planning action
New Delhi, March 5
The central government was
on Thursday "examining all aspects" related to the BBC showing a
documentary on the December 16 Delhi rape and will take "necessary
action" if there is any violation, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said.
"We
had asked the BBC not to air it but they showed it as they are
independent. We are looking into the issue and will take action if there
is any violation of terms and conditions," Rajnath Singh told media
persons here.
"We had written to the BBC asking it not to air the
documentary but they went ahead telling us that it would not be shown
in India," a home ministry official, wishing he not be named, told IANS.
"The BBC had planned to air the film on March 8, but they ... showed it on March 4, he said wondering "what was the hurry".
"They
had told us that it would not be shown in India but it's now available
on YouTube ... the issue is being examined from all angles and necessary
action, if required, would be taken," the official said.
The
documentary, by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin, was on the gang rape
case of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist, who was brutally
assaulted on December 16, 2012 on board a moving bus in Delhi.
Severely
injured during the brutal assault, the victim was shifted for
specialised treatment to a Singapore hospital where she died on December
29, 2012.