India has banned a BBC documentary that criticises Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in the 2002 Gurajat riots. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
India has banned a BBC documentary that criticises Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in the 2002 Gurajat riots. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
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US State Department avoids commenting on India’s ban of documentary critical of Modi

  • The web series highlights a British inquiry that found Modi ‘directly responsible’ for a climate encouraging riots in 2002 in Gujarat that killed 1,000, mostly Muslims
  • ‘I am not aware of the documentary that you point to,’ department spokesman Ned Price tells a reporter asking about New Delhi’s banning of the series

India has banned a BBC documentary that criticises Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in the 2002 Gurajat riots. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
India has banned a BBC documentary that criticises Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in the 2002 Gurajat riots. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
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