The officials of the Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted a survey at the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) offices in Mumbai and Delhi. The officials reportedly said that the survey was being conducted as part of a tax evasion investigation. The department is looking at documents related to the business operations of the company and those related to its Indian arm, they said. Pic/AFP
Updated On: 2023-02-14 05:18 PM IST
As part of a survey, the Income Tax Department only covers the business premises of a company and does not raid residences and other locations of its promoters or directors. Pic/AFP
The BBC on Tuesday said the Indian income tax authorities were at its offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and the British public broadcaster was fully cooperating with them. The Income Tax Authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and we are fully cooperating. We hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible, the press office of the BBC tweeted on Tuesday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
Meanwhile, opposition parties targeted the BJP for the Income Tax Department's action. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also used a Hindi idiom to attack the government, saying "Vinash Kale, Vipreet Buddhi" (When doom approaches, a person's intellect works against his interest). Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
Jairam Ramesh said, "Here we are demanding JPC on the Adani issue but the government is after the BBC." Pic/AFP
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday slammed the Centre over the Income Tax survey operation at the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached the "heights of dictatorship". Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
