article_snippet: India is already in midst of a raging controversy over a government order to ban the broadcast of a documentary about the December 2012 gang-rape of a young student.
article_snippet: The Indian government has also asked  YouTube to block access to a documentary about the December 2012 gang-rape of a young student, claiming that The Indian government broadcast violated certain key agreements with the filmmaker.
article_snippet: East is East, was due to air on the BBC and Indian news channel NDTV to mark International Women's Day this Sunday.
article_snippet: But it was dropped by NDTV following the ban and BBC brought forward BBC screening to last night, citing a strong public interest.
article_snippet: Today India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh vowed there would be consequences for the Corporation, telling NDTV: 'NDTV had asked to not release the documentary but BBC still released the documentary. '
article_snippet: NDTV will investigate and the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) will take action accordingly.
article_snippet: The hour-long documentary aired as part of the long-running Storyville series on BBC Four, and is believed to have been accessed by many in India online.
highlights_snippet: A film about the  2012 gang-rape of a girl has been banned by authorities .