India's Rape Scandal – a documentary by Emmy-winning investigative journalist Ramita Navai – will be aired on UK's Channel 4 on Tuesday, 27 July. It looks into two rape cases in Uttar Pradesh and the process of 'systemic coverage' of the crime in the country. It has been directed, filmed, and produced by Jess Kelly.
A Quicksilver Media production, the documentary delves into the 2017 Unnao rape of a minor by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar; it also deep-dives into the 2020 Hathras case where a Dalit woman was gang-raped by four upper caste men. While the victim passed away after battling injuries from the incident, her body was forcibly cremated by the Uttar Pradesh police.
"The stories of the Unnao and Hathras rapes enabled us to examine how in India in 2021, despite all the attention and even Prime Minister Modi’s assurances and protestations, rapists are still getting away with it - and that’s because of systematic cover ups and officials’ complicity in protecting powerful rapists and protecting the vote bank. We wanted to clearly pick apart how and why this is still happening and reveal the level of corruption that enables this to happen – without addressing this corruption, most men will continue to get away with rape in India," Navai told The Quint.