India Blames Global Media Group of Tax Lapses After BBC Inquiry
- The statement from tax officials doesn’t name BBC directly
- Inquiry at BBC India offices followed weeks after Modi film
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Indian tax authorities, who searched the BBC’s offices this week, shortly after the British broadcaster aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said they were probing a “prominent international media company” whose income did not match the scale of its operations in the country.
The tax survey “resulted in unearthing of crucial evidences by way of statement of employees, digital evidences and documents which will be further examined in due course,” the Central Board of Direct Taxes said in a statement, without naming the BBC. The organization used delay tactics in showing the required documents, the statement added.