IT Raid At BBC Offices In India After Documentary Over PM Modi Sparks Controversy, Employees' Phones Seized

The Income Tax (IT) division on Monday performed a survey on the Delhi and Mumbai headquarters of the main information broadcaster BBC. As per media reviews, the London-based Broadcasting House is accused of anomalies in worldwide tax. The BBC itself tweeted and knowledgeable of the raid, stating: ‘The Income Tax Authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and we are fully cooperating. We hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible.’

Opposition Congress (INC) tweeted on the IT division’s motion and termed it as ‘undeclared emergency’. Responding to this, Gaurav Bhatia, a distinguished spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), hit again on the opposition by recalling the incident in 1970 when the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi banned the BBC over a documentary.

Employees’ laptops and telephones seized

According to reviews, a group of 24 IT members raided the Delhi workplace of BBC situated on the fifth and sixth flooring of HT Tower in KG Marg space of Delhi. Another group of Income Tax Department raided BBC Studios in Mumbai’s Santacruz space. The group has seized mobiles and and laptop-desktops of the individuals of the Finance Department.