India Tax Officials Visit BBC Delhi Office Weeks After Modi Film
- Offices in both Mumbai, Delhi were part of the tax searches
- Editors Guild of India voices deep concern over BBC tax search
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Indian income tax officials visited the New Delhi and Mumbai offices of the BBC Tuesday, weeks after the British broadcaster aired a documentary about the 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role in the violence in his home state.
“The income tax authorities remain at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai,” a BBC spokesperson in London said late Tuesday, indicating the inquiry continued late into the night. “Many staff have now left the building but some have been asked to remain and are continuing to cooperate with the ongoing enquiries.”