FIR filed against Zee News for interviewing rape victim's friend

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has filed a first information report (FIR) against Zee News for telecasting an interview of the male friend of the 23-year old Delhi gang-rape victim.

The police has filed the FIR saying Zee News revealed the identity of the rape victim by carrying the interview of her male friend, who has been identified as Avaindra Pratap Pandey by the news channel.

The male friend was also brutalised along with the deceased victim on 16 December by six in a bus and is the only witness in the case.

The FIR has been filed under 228(A) of the Indian Penal Code which pertains to the disclosure of the identity of the victim of certain offences including rape.