The raid came after a BBC documentary was critical of PM Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - Indian tax officers searched the BBC’s bureaus in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, said the British broadcaster.
A spokesman for ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party said the BBC should not “spew venom” while operating in India.“India is a country which gives an opportunity to every organisation... as long as you don’t spew venom.” “We condemn these intimidation tactics in the harshest terms. This undemocratic and dictatorial attitude cannot go on any longer.”
Last month, police in Delhi detained students as they gathered to watch the documentary that the government has dismissed as propaganda.
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