I dont know if this aspect has been discussed so far. If yes, I wont mind deleting this thread.
Giving permission within two days, Home Ministry was clueless that Nirbhaya case convict was to be interviewed
A case of white-skin getting preferential treatment?
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The UPA-led Home Ministry gave permission within two days to British film-maker Leslee Udwin to shoot a documentary on rape convicts inside Tihar Jail without realizing she would be interviewing one of the rape convicts of the high-profile Nirbhaya gang-rape case. Worse, jail authorities did not realize till six months after the interview was shot under their surveillance that accused Mukesh had made abhorring comments about the victim.
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Pursual of the documents in question reveals the Ministry was clueless that Udwin would be interviewing the Nirbhaya case convicts. "This concerns the request of Leslee Udwin for entering the Tihar Jail to interview some convicts intimated by your letter dated July 22. The Ministry has no objection to the proposal provided informed written consent is obtained from each of the convicts interviewed," said a letter written by Home Ministry Joint Secretary S. Suresh Kumar to Tihar Director General Vimla Mehra on July 24, 2013. This letter does not specify if the Nirbhaya case convicts were to be interviewed.
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Singh's statement in Parliament also indicates the government was not aware of the documentary being filmed on the high-profile case. "A No Objection Certificate (NOC) to shoot the documentary featuring interview of convicted inmates in Tihar Jail was given by MHA on July 24, 2013," Singh said. ET has learnt that the file was disposed off at the level of the Joint Secretary with intimation to then home secretary Anil Goswami given the 'general nature' of the file and it never reached the table of then Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. Shinde on Wednesday said he "never sanctioned" such permission.