article_snippet: India is 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: India's government has also asked YouTube to block access to a documentary about the December 2012 gang-rape of a young student, claiming that India's government broadcast violated certain key agreements with the filmmaker.
article_snippet: The documentary, called 'India's Daughter', was described as the 'bitter truth' by the Delhi gang-rape victim's father after the 'bitter truth' by the young woman's father quoted the views of his daughter rapist Mukesh Singh, who is on death row over the 2012 attack.
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 Wednesday, citing a strong public interest.
article_snippet: India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh vowed there would be consequences for the Corporation, telling NDTV: 'NDTV had asked to not release The documentary, called 'India's Daughter'
article_snippet: but BBC still released The documentary, called 'India's Daughter'. '
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.
article_snippet: The victim's father, who is named in The documentary, called 'India's Daughter' but kept anonymous by some international news agencies, told NDTV the film was 'the bitter truth'. '