Parliament outraged over interview of gangrape victim

Parliament today witnessed outrage over the interview of Nirbhaya gangrape convict, prompting the government to promise an indepth inquiry and disallowing its telecast, even abroad.
Members, cutting across party lines, questioned how permission was granted for interview of such a person and wanted a probe to find out who gave the go-ahead.
Women members in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were in the forefront of expressing their anger at the remarks made by the convict and said it reflected the "mindset" in the society.
Noting that the interview was done by a woman British film maker for a documentary, the members denounced using such a grave incident of December 16,2012 for commercial purposes and demanded that it should not be allowed to be telecast.

Sharing anger of the members in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he himself was "hurt" and "shocked" as to how permission could be granted in July 2013 for such an interview in Tihar Jail.
Making an identical statement in both the Houses, he said the government "will not allow any attempt by any individual, group or organization to leverage such unfortunate incidents for commercial benefit."

He assured Parliament that government would order a probe to "fix responsibility" for the shooting of this controversial documentary.
He also promised to review the jail manuals, if need be, to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.

Observing that not only Parliament but the entire nation was feeling ashamed over it, Singh said he has already spoken to Information and Broadcasting Ministry and told them to explore ways to ensure that the documentary was not broadcast even abroad.
"Government will institute an inquiry into the incident and responsibility will be fixed," he said amid demands from members to probe the matter and punish the officials who allowed the shoot to happen inside the jail.