New Delhi: Many users on the microblogging sites and celebrities came out in support of the video being aired, including actor Ranvir Shorey, who demanded that the ban on broadcast be lifted.






Similarly, writer Chetan Bhagat spoke in favour of the documentary and asked everybody to watch it.






Criticising the broadcast of the banned interview, which was shot by filmmaker Leslee Udwin and BBC, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi said, “Somewhere this is an attempt to dent the image of India.”

However, senior Congress leader Priya Dutt supported the broadcast of the interview, saying the documentary did not defend, but exposed the mindset of the rapist.

“I am very shocked at the decision to ban the video. Rapes happen every single day and this has to be exposed. I feel terrible for the parents (of the gangrape survivor),” said Ms Dutt.