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A documentary featuring a controversial interview with one of the Delhi gang rapists in which he claims his victim was responsible will not be broadcast in India after a court approved an injunction order brought by police.
The BBC programme, which spoke to Mukesh Singh, one of the six-strong gang convicted of the rape and murder of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh in Delhi in 2012, has caused international outrage even before its release for the repugnant views expressed by Singh.
In the interview, he showed not the slightest remorse, claiming it was her own fault for being out on the streets late at night, and that "a girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy." He also blamed her for fighting back, saying that had she not done so, she would probably still be alive today.
Women's groups in India said his response was all too typical of the attitudes still shown by some Indian men towards women.
The documentary, titled India’s Daughter, is scheduled to be broadcast by BBC Fouron its Storyville programme and NDTV 24x7, an Indian channel, one the same day, which is marked as women's day in India and many other countries.
Police in Delhi say they have registered two cases against the film, alleging breach of India's penal code.
"We urge the Indian media not to show it," said Delhi Police chief BS Bassi, the Times of India reported.
The film-makers said any attempt to stop the film's broadcast would be a violation of the right to freedom of expression.
A BBC spokesperson said: "This harrowing documentary, made with the full support and co-operation of the victim's parents, provides a revealing insight into a horrific crime that sent shock waves around the world and led to protests across India demanding changes in attitudes towards women.
"The film handles the issue responsibly and we are confident the programme fully complies with our editorial guidelines."
The woman and a male friend were returning home from seeing a movie at an upscale mall when they were tricked by the men into getting on the bus, which the men had taken out for a joyride. The attackers beat her friend and took turns raping the woman. They penetrated her with a rod, leaving severe internal injuries that led to her death two weeks later.
Singh and three other men were convicted in 2013 in an unusually fast trial for India's chaotic justice system. They confessed to the attack but later retracted their confessions, saying they'd been tortured into admitting their involvement. Appeals against their death sentences are pending in the Supreme Court.
Singh, who was driving the bus for much of the time that the 23-year-old woman was being attacked, told the interviewer that she should have remained silent and allowed therape.
"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy," Singh said. "A decent girl won't roam around at 9 o'clock at night. ... Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes."
He suggested that the attack was to teach the woman and her friend a lesson that they should not have been out late at night.
Storyville – India's Daughter, BBC Four Sunday 8 March at 10pm
Related Articles
A documentary featuring a controversial interview with one of the Delhi gang rapists in which he claims his victim was responsible will not be broadcast in India after a court approved an injunction order brought by police.
The BBC programme, which spoke to Mukesh Singh, one of the six-strong gang convicted of the rape and murder of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh in Delhi in 2012, has caused international outrage even before its release for the repugnant views expressed by Singh.
In the interview, he showed not the slightest remorse, claiming it was her own fault for being out on the streets late at night, and that "a girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy." He also blamed her for fighting back, saying that had she not done so, she would probably still be alive today.
Women's groups in India said his response was all too typical of the attitudes still shown by some Indian men towards women.
The documentary, titled India’s Daughter, is scheduled to be broadcast by BBC Fouron its Storyville programme and NDTV 24x7, an Indian channel, one the same day, which is marked as women's day in India and many other countries.
Police in Delhi say they have registered two cases against the film, alleging breach of India's penal code.
"We urge the Indian media not to show it," said Delhi Police chief BS Bassi, the Times of India reported.
The film-makers said any attempt to stop the film's broadcast would be a violation of the right to freedom of expression.
A BBC spokesperson said: "This harrowing documentary, made with the full support and co-operation of the victim's parents, provides a revealing insight into a horrific crime that sent shock waves around the world and led to protests across India demanding changes in attitudes towards women.
"The film handles the issue responsibly and we are confident the programme fully complies with our editorial guidelines."
The woman and a male friend were returning home from seeing a movie at an upscale mall when they were tricked by the men into getting on the bus, which the men had taken out for a joyride. The attackers beat her friend and took turns raping the woman. They penetrated her with a rod, leaving severe internal injuries that led to her death two weeks later.
Singh and three other men were convicted in 2013 in an unusually fast trial for India's chaotic justice system. They confessed to the attack but later retracted their confessions, saying they'd been tortured into admitting their involvement. Appeals against their death sentences are pending in the Supreme Court.
Singh, who was driving the bus for much of the time that the 23-year-old woman was being attacked, told the interviewer that she should have remained silent and allowed therape.
"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy," Singh said. "A decent girl won't roam around at 9 o'clock at night. ... Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes."
He suggested that the attack was to teach the woman and her friend a lesson that they should not have been out late at night.
Storyville – India's Daughter, BBC Four Sunday 8 March at 10pm
