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Government probes if BBC filmmaker misled authorities
New Delhi, March 6
Whether Leslie Udwin, the
British filmmaker who made the BBC documentary on the December 16, 2012
gang-rape, had misled government authorities would only be clear after
the probe into this concludes, an official said.
A home ministry
official, who did not want to be named, told IANS Friday that an inquiry
has already been ordered into the matter and the government would take
action, if required, on the basis of the inquiry report only.
Asked
if the film-maker had cheated with the authorities over permission to
interview Tihar inmates booked for sexual crimes, and interviewing many
but making documentary only on the most sensitive one, the official
said, these things would be clear only after the probe is over.
"Investigation
is on. The case is being probed from all angles...what permission did
she ask for and how did she used the same, it is all being looked into
and the picture would clear as the investigation report comes," he said.
The
government has already accused the British filmmaker of "violating the
contract on various fronts" and has served her a legal notice.
The documentary, which carries an interview with convicted rapist Mukesh Singh, has been banned from being aired in India.
However, BBC aired the documentary two days ago and it has gone viral on the internet.
The
government has already issued a legal notice to Udwin for allegedly
violating the norms of the contract. It also asked YouTube to block
access to the documentary.