BBC's Delhi & Mumbai Offices Face Income Tax Raid: Reports

On Tuesday, the Income Tax Department carried out a survey operation at locations connected to the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai. 

According to the department, the survey action was carried out to verify a few documents.

A recent BBC documentary about the unrest in Gujarat in 2022 named Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a suspect. Although it has been shown in numerous colleges and universities around the nation, the Center has blocked the documentary from being shared on social media and other channels.

The Supreme Court rejected a petition seeking a total ban on BBC in India for its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and claims related to the 2002 Gujarat riots on Friday, asking orally how a documentary can harm the nation.

The PIL filed by the Hindu Sena president to stop the BBC from airing the documentary "India: The Modi Question" about the 2002 Gujarat riots was deemed "completely misconceived" by a panel of judges that included justices Sanjiv Khanna and M.M. Sundresh.

The bench asked the petitioner's counsel, "How can a documentary damage the country?" during the hearing  "Completely misconceived, how can this be argued also? You want us to put complete censorship? What is this?"

The petitioner's senior attorney Pinky Anand pleaded with the bench to hear his case and said that the BBC was "deliberately maligning India's image."

On the petitions of N. Ram and others, the Supreme Court demanded that the Centre submit the actual documents pertaining to their choice to obstruct the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Modi, earlier this month.