The impounded mobile phones and laptops/desktops of some staffers the account and finance department will be cooperatin handed back after a back-up is taken, sources said. The public broadcaster with its headquarters in London and its Indian division’s business practises are being examined by the department, according to them.
According to insiders, the probe is related to problems with BBC subsidiary firms’ foreign taxation. At its headquarters in New Delhi and Mumbai, BBC News stated that it was completely cooperating with the income and Varana tax authorities in India. The Income Tax Authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and we are fully cooperating, the British broadcaster said on Twitter.
Source: CNBC-TV18
The Income Tax administration only inspects a company’s business premises as part of a survey; it does not raid the homes or other places of its promoters or directors. Despite not being outlawed, social media was forced to censor the contentious documentary. There were, however, a number of private screenings, including those at colleges and universities, which resulted in altercations with police at some locations.
The Supreme Court rejected a plea that demanded a total ban on BBC and BBC India’s operations throughout the nation. The SC had also ordered the central government to provide original papers pertaining to its choice to deny the BBC programme on February 3.
The government had issued instructions for censoring numerous YouTube videos and Twitter posts that contained links to the divisive documentary on January 21. Several opposition parties slammed the government for the I-T action at BBC premises. Here we are demanding JPC on the Adani issue but the government is after the BBC. Vinash Kale Viprit Buddhi, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said. in a tweet.
KC Venugopal, a party member, denounced the action and claimed that it smacks of desperation and demonstrates that the Modi government is afraid of criticism. CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury in a tweet said, First ban BBC documentaries. No JPC/enquiry into Adani exposures. Now IT raids on BBC offices! India: ‘Mother of democracy?
In response, the BJP labelled the BBC as the most corrupt organisation in the world and claimed that the BBC’s propaganda and the goals of the Congress are intertwined. In response to criticism of the I-T action from the Congress, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said the government body should be allowed to carry out its duties.
He attacked the public broadcaster with its headquarters in London, calling it the most corrupt organisation in the world, and he reminded the Congress that the broadcaster had also been outlawed by the previous prime minister, Indira Gandhi. According to the BJP leader, BBC has a tainted and black history of working with malice against India.
He highlighted previous allegations, such as the one that said a terrorist labelled Holi a filthy holiday and was described as a charismatic young militant. It is effective in India, but it pays little attention to the constitution, he said.
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