The documentary had quoted an inquiry team as saying that Narendra Modi was directly responsible for a climate of impunity during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien said on Saturday that Twitter deleted his post on the BBC’s documentary about the 2002 Gujarat riots citing legal obligations.
O’Brien had on Thursday posted a tweet with a YouTube link to the documentary. He had described the film as chilling and deeply researched, and said that it showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hatred for minorities.
Twitter, however, withheld the post for users in India, and said that it did so in response to a legal demand.
The TMP MP on Saturday posted a purported e-mail to him from Twitter, which said that it withheld the tweet in India in order to comply with its “obligations under India’s local laws”.
