The Uttar Pradesh police detained Ketan Dixit — the activist who had screened India’s Daughter in an Agra village — for 12 hours on Monday and released him. Clueless about what action to take against him, the police released him after several rounds of questioning.
Mr. Dixit told The Hindu that the local police had “no idea” about the documentary and the government ban.
“They asked me what was objectionable in the documentary and I told them there is nothing at all,” he said. “In fact when they started questioning me, I screened some parts of the documentary before them as well,” added the activist who is associated with the Agra-based ‘Stop Acid Movement.’
Mr. Dixit had screened the documentary at Roop Dhan village in Agra on International Women’s Day.
Asked why he screened the documentary, the Agra-based activist told the police that it was his way of protesting against the ban, “which is an attack on the freedom of expression.”
