Tax Officials Search BBC’s India Offices After Government Blocked Modi Documentary

Tax Officials Search BBC’s India Offices After Government Blocked Modi Documentary
A police officer and a private security guard ask journalists to leave from the gate of a building housing BBC office in New Delhi on Feb. 14, 2023. Altaf Qadri/AP Photo
Aldgra Fredly
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India’s income tax officials searched the BBC India offices in Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, just weeks after the government blocked the airing of a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The authorities conducted “surveys” on the UK-based broadcaster to probe its “violation of the transfer pricing rules and diversion of profits,” The Indian Express reported, citing government sources.
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Aldgra Fredly is a freelance writer covering U.S. and Asia Pacific news for The Epoch Times.
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