Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday reacted to surveys being conducted by the Income Tax department at Mumbai and Delhi offices of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC). Thakur said such surveys are conducted from time to time where irregularities are found.
The action against the BBC comes in the aftermath of its controversial two-episode documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Income Tax Dept conducts surveys from time to time where irregularities are found, & when survey is completed, they give information. When this survey of IT will be completed, we'll give you all that information in detail," Anurag Thakur was quoted as saying by news agency ANI
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ต๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
Earlier in the day, Income tax officials reached BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai for what is now termed as 'survey'.
According to the TV reports, the mobile phones of the employees have been seized, and many of them have been asked to go home.
๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐
After a massive furor over the documentary in the country, the Indian government condemned the BBC Panorama programme, which has not been screened in India, as a propaganda piece with a questionable agenda behind it. Last month, the BBC defended its controversial series as a โrigorously researchedโ documentary that sought to highlight important issues.
Last Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking a blanket ban on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in India, calling the petition โcompletely misconceived."
