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Income Tax survey at BBC’s Delhi & Mumbai office; premises sealed

New Delhi: In a big breaking development, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)’s offices in Delhi & Mumbai was on Tuesday ‘raided’ by Income Tax officials. A team of about 60-70 I-T officials are conducting survey at both the offices of BBC for alleged tax evasion, said TV reports. According to reports, the mobile phones of […]

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February 14, 2023 12:44 IST
Income Tax survey at BBC’s Delhi & Mumbai office; premises sealed
Income Tax survey at BBC’s Delhi & Mumbai office; premises sealed

New Delhi: In a big breaking development, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)’s offices in Delhi & Mumbai was on Tuesday ‘raided’ by Income Tax officials. A team of about 60-70 I-T officials are conducting survey at both the offices of BBC for alleged tax evasion, said TV reports.

According to reports, the mobile phones of BBC employees have been seized by the I-T sleuths and they have been told to go home.

The premises of BBC’s Delhi office has been sealed by the I-T officials, said TV reports.

Meanwhile, Congress has launched attack on the Centre over I-T searches being conducted at the BBC offices. Jairam Ramesh said that we are demanding JPC probe into the Adani scam while the government is responding by muzzling the free voice.

More details are yet to emerge.

It may be noted that the British news agency came under fire from all corners, after it came up two-series documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public life, focussing around Godhra & post-Godhra riots.

The documentary sought to rake up fresh controversy over then BJP government’s alleged complicity in the riots that engulfed the state after Godhra carnage.

The controversial series were latched on by a couple of Opposition parties & Modi’s baiters, who went on to urge people to watch it for getting ‘truthful insight’ into 2002 riots. On the other hand, BJP launched a tirade against the BBC & its sympathisers for raking up a matter that was settled by the highest court of land.

It may be noted that Supreme Court gave a clean chit to then Modi government in Gujarat and didn’t hold it guilty or accountable by any means, despite the Opposition firing salvos and making direct accusations at Narendra Modi for many years.

Also, BBC’s reporting failed to find any endorsement from own UK PM Rishi Sunak. While referring to the documentary in UK Parliament, the British PM disssociated himself & the government from the documentary, despite the news organisation being a state-sponsored agency.

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