The BBC’s offices in Mumbai and New Delhi have been raided by income tax authorities. The searches come after the launch of BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, which was critical of the count…
While the doc only aired in the UK, the Indian government called it “anti-India garbage” and protests were held outside the BBC’s headquarters in central London.
charts Modi’s political rise and specifically looked at his actions during religious rioting in Gujarat in 2002, when he was Chief Minister of the State. According to the BBC, more than 1,000 mostly Muslim people died during the chaos, which began after a train carrying Hindi pilgrims was set on fire.
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