At BBC Delhi Office, Taxmen Searched For 'Tax' Keyword On Desktops: Sources
NDTV
Sources said the taxmen searched with the keyword "tax" on the desktop. The employees were allowed to leave office only after the inspection was over.
The Income Tax officials who paid a visit to the offices of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) in Delhi and Mumbai today, not only took away laptops and phones of employees for examination, they also inspected the desktops at the offices. Sources said the taxmen searched with the keyword "tax" on the desktop. The employees were allowed to leave office only after the inspection was over.
Income Tax sources also said they have asked the BBC's finance department for details of balance sheets and accounts.
The Income Tax Department, however, explained their activities as a "survey" linked to alleged diversion of profits and irregularities in transfer pricing. Its timing was questioned by the opposition, the Editor's Guild and a chunk of the civil society.
Last month, two BBC documentaries – especially one critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 2002 Gujarat riots, and the other on the current status of the minorities in India -- generated huge controversy recently.
