Arnab goswami debate with kiran bedi biography

Some commentators, however, are backing the documentary, describing it as important research to fight gender crime.

The First Post, external says that most people already knew about the brutality of the convicts and should not be surprised by what one of them said in the interview.

"His statements, brazenly unrepentant, have caused a great furore of outrage on social media. But then he was part of a group of thugs who repeatedly brutalised a young woman... Did we still need additional proof of his bestiality? Or is it somehow more real because it now comes with a BBC certification?

Kiran Bedi, activist-turned politician, who was a chief ministerial candidate in the recently contested Delhi elections, expressed support for such documentaries in a show on NDTV.

"I would like to see every rapist, once convicted, to be interviewed. I would like to endorse this completely...Unless you know the cause of the crime, how will you correct it? How will you prevent it?", she said.

"We must encourage this kind of research and this documentation if we want mindsets to change".

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Kiran Bedi is a pride of our Indian police force and a hero in every sense of the term. She was the first Indian woman and highest-ranked female police officer. Kiran served India as formative policing and jail management for more than 35 years. On June 9, 1949, she was born in Amritsar, Punjab. She is one of the most well-known police officers who has dedicated their life to serving the nation.

After her retirement, she was assigned as the Director-General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development in India. She formerly worked for the United Nations Peacekeeping Department as a Police Advisor. Kiran Bedi received the U.N. medal for her outstanding performance. She was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law in 2005.

She is a well-known social activist and founded two non-profit organizations. She has also worked with the United Nations and represented India in international forums on issues such as crime prevention, drug abuse, and women's issues. She was named "MSN most admired Indian female icon 2011" and "India's most trusted woman" by Navbharat Times in 2012 and Readers Digest in 2010. Her efforts to prevent crime, improve prisons, end drug use and support women's causes make her the most desirable person to get the Roman Magsaysay

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