Jamia, JNU: India students angry after screenings of BBC Modi documentary blocked

Tensions have flared at two of India's best-known universities over the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his role in deadly religious riots in 2002.

Reports say police detained students at Jamia Millia Islamia university in Delhi ahead of a planned screening.

On Tuesday students at another Delhi university said power and internet was cut to stop them showing the film.

India's government says the documentary lacks objectivity and is "propaganda".

It has invoked emergency laws to block the documentary on YouTube and Twitter. read more