Officials from India's Department of Income Tax began conducting searches this morning at the BBC's offices in the capital New Delhi, weeks after the British broadcaster published a controversial documentary examining the role of Prime Minister Narendra. Modi during the 2002 protests.
Teams from the tax department inspected the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai, the Press Trust of India news agency reported, citing unnamed officials.
India banned the two-part documentary India: The Modi Question, released last month, which authorities were quick to censor and restrict videos on social media in a move critics and political opponents denounced as an attack. to freedom of the press.
India's Foreign Ministry called the documentary a "propaganda piece designed to push a particularly discredited narrative" that lacked objectivity.
The BBC in a statement said the documentary was "rigorously researched" and involved a wide range of voices and opinions.
"We offered the Indian government the right to respond to the issues raised in the series; it declined to respond," the statement said.
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