NEW DELHI, March 13 (UPI) -- The banned documentary film "India's Daughter," dealing with a 2012 gang rape, was shown in a New Delhi slum, the former home of four men convicted in the case.
Ketan Dixit, of the activist group Stop Acid Attacks, installed a portable screen and presented the documentary to about 50 people Thursday in New Delhi's Ravidas Camp. The controversial film, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation and India's NDTV, was shown on the BBC last week but a court order sought by New Delhi police prevented its broadcast in India.
The most inflammatory part of "India's Daughter" deals with an interview with Mukesh Singh, one of the men who received a death sentence for the crime, in which a victim died of her injuries after a gang rape aboard a bus. The film, and the Singh's evident lack of remorse, sparked debate over women's rights and protections in Indian society.
Dixit showed the film in Agra earlier in the week.
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"People were scared, and some were peeping from their windows not to be caught watching it," said Dixit of the New Delhi screening.
He also referred to the illegal showing of the film as "a mark of protest against the ban."
"This film is important. Poor people already know about this rape case and they are interested in it. They should get to know the mindset of the rapist in this case."
Some audience members sent their daughters home as Singh narrated the details of the crime.
Police said an investigation into the showing of the film had begun. Court appeals of the injunction banning the film are scheduled for next week.
