Searches come weeks after release of documentary critical of PM that was later blocked by government
BBC offices in India have been raided by tax department officials, just weeks after the release of a documentary critical of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, which was laterAccording to those working at the broadcaster, more than a dozen officials from the country’s income tax department turned up at theoffices in Delhi and Mumbai, where hundreds of employees are based, to conduct a “survey”. Documents and phones of several journalists were taken and the offices sealed.
The series was not released in India but prompted an outcry from the Modi government, who accused the broadcaster of bias and a “colonial mindset”, pointing out that Modi was cleared of all charges by a supreme court panel in 2012. Following the searches, Gaurav Bhatia, a spokesperson from Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party , described the BBC as the “most corrupt organisation in the world” and accused it of “venomous, shallow and agenda-driven reporting”.
The BBC has been under increased scrutiny since the furore over the documentary, including a petition to the supreme court to have the BBC banned in India, which was dismissed by the judges.
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