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The Income Tax Department officials were still at the BBC bureaus late on Tuesday.

Raid at BBC offices in India: The Income Tax (IT) department’s sudden raid at the BBC premises in India has drawn widespread condemnation against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It has shocked journalists, activists, and opposition politicians alike. The raid, which the IT officials have described as a “survey” follows the recent controversy over the BBC’s

The British media house has asked the members of the broadcast department to come to the offices today, while others have been told to work from home.

The survey operations at the broadcaster’s Mumbai and Delhi offices are reportedly part of a tax evasion investigation.

Govt efforts to ban the BBC documentary drew more attention to it and showed the inefficacy of such measures.

Income Tax Raids At BBC’s Delhi, Mumbai Office

New Delhi, Feb 14: In what is widely seen as a retaliation by the BJP government for a documentary that is critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted a "survey operation" at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) offices in the national capital and Mumbai, as part of a tax evasion investigation.

The Editors Guild said that this trend of searches at media houses ‘undermines constitutional democracy’.

Raids come after Indian government sought to block BBC documentary critical of Modi’s role in 2022 anti-Muslim riots.

Indian tax officials raided the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai today in an apparent reprisal for a two-part documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.