The government's strenuous efforts to keep the controversial documentary
on Nirbhaya canned met with stern responses from the BBC, which went
ahead and broadcast it ignoring legal notices, and the Editors' Guild
that called the ban "unwarranted" and wanted it revoked.
The
ban seemed futile with the documentary going viral and the government's
attempts at stuffing the genie back in the bottle failing. Lakhs
viewed the documentary online, even after it was taken down by YouTube
on Thursday and civil society questioned the government's decision.
