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Searches at the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai continued all night, spilling over to the second day as Income Tax officials investigated alleged tax evasion
Union minister Anurag Thakur today doubled down on the Income Tax Department "survey" at the Delhi and Mumbai offices of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), saying "No one is above the law".
"The Income Tax Authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and we are fully cooperating," the British broadcaster said on Twitter. "We hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible," BBC tweeted.
The letter highlighted that even during Indira Gandhi's Emergency period, when the government had invoked press censorship, journalists were not denied access to cover the proceedings.
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