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The news agency PTI said that while there has been no official statement from the UK government on the "survey", sources said they are “closely monitoring" the situation.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the Centre over the Income Tax department's survey at BBC offices and said there will be no media in the country one day if this continues.
According to those working at the broadcaster, more than a dozen officials from the income tax department turned up at the BBC offices in Delhi, to conduct a ‘survey’
"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.
The IT Department conducted a survey at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai, action comes weeks after the broadcaster aired its controversial ‘India: The Modi Question' documentary, scroll down to know important details.