The Bharatiya Janata Party criticised Delhi Police action against Zee TV.
"Delhi Police cannot muzzle voice of the citizen by lodging a case against the channel. People have a right to know the truth," BJP leader Sushma Swaraj posted on Twitter.
At a party programme, BJP general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad said :"Such behaviour from the police is unacceptable. This is an attack on the freedom of the press." He also criticised Delhi Police for delay in taking the gang-raped woman and her friend to hospital on Dec 16.
"The two were lying semi-clad on the road after the incident and police personnel from three PCR vans were arguing for 25 minutes about whose jurisdiction the case falls under and who should take them to hospital," Prasad said.
Former top cop Kiran Bedi said such acts make people lose faith on police.
Meanwhile, Metropolitan Magistrate Namrita Aggarwal issued a production warrant against the five accused for Jan 7. They have been charged with murder, gang-rape, abduction among other offences of the Indian Penal Code. The case against the sixth accused, said to be a minor, would be heard by the Juvenile Justice Board.
The accused - bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, fruit seller Pawan Gupta, gym instructor Vinay Sharma and bus cleaner Akshay Thakur - are lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
The six on Dec 16 had gang-raped and tortured the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern in a moving bus, leading to multiple-organ failure and her death.
They also assaulted her 28-year-old male friend. Both were thrown out of the bus after around 40 minutes, naked, bleeding and shivering. The friend will be the main witness in the case.
The woman succumbed to her injuries Dec 29 in a hospital in Singapore where she was airlifted for specialised treatment.
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