'Insulting Lord Ram, Sita': Google tells HC why Dhruve Rathee's video was witheld

HC hears plea seeking global blocking of Dhruv Rathee's video over alleged religious insultsNEW DELHI: Google on Tuesday told the Delhi high court that it had withheld a "defamatory" YouTube video by social media influencer Dhruv Rathee in India after being directed to do so by the Centre's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC). The video allegedly hurt "religious sentiments" and contained statements "insulting Bhagwan Shri Ram, Bhagwan Shri Krishna and Sita Devi."Google, which owns YouTube, made the submission before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma while hearing a petition filed by lawyer Amita Sachdeva.Sachdeva alleged that Rathee had published a highly derogatory and communally sensitive video on March 21, which garnered millions of views on YouTube and contained "false, misleading, and prov