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British public broadcaster BBC News has said it is cooperating with the Income Tax department, which is conducting a survey at its offices in New Delhi and Mumbai.

"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," a BBC spokesperson said earlier in the day.

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.

NEW DELHI: Indian tax authorities raided the New Delhi offices of the BBC on Tuesday, weeks after it aired a documentary critical of Narendra Modi’s handling of sectarian violence before he became prime minister.

A two-part BBC documentary examined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role in anti-Muslim raids that killed hundreds in his home state of Gujarat in 2002.

India: The Modi Question examined the role of Narendra Modi, who is now prime minister, during 2002 anti-Muslim riots.

The exact contour of the survey are unknown yet. Further details are awaited, , BBC Global News, BBC World News

Income Tax officials are conducting a survey on the Indian offices of the British public broadcaster BBC, sources said on Tuesday.

New Delhi, Feb 14 (EFE).- Dozens of India’s tax officers searched BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, a month after the British public broadcaster released a controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during the 2002 deadly anti-Muslim riots in the country. The British Broadcasting Corporation confirmed that Income Tax department …

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