New Delhi: The Income Tax department’s survey at the BBC office in the national capital continued for the third straight day on Thursday as officials gathered financial data from select staffers and made copies of electronic and paper data of the news organisation.
The operation that began at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai around 11:30 am on Tuesday has clocked more than 45 hours now, officials said.
According to newswire PTI, authorities had said on Wednesday that the exercise would continue for some more time, saying the “exact time frame to call the operation closed rests entirely on the teams on the ground”.
While there has been no official statement from the Income Tax department on the action, the BBC has said it was cooperating with the authorities.
A BBC staffer in Delhi said they were broadcasting their news like usual.
The survey was done in view of the BBC’s deliberate non-compliance with the Transfer Pricing Rules and its vast diversion of profits, newswire ANI quoted sources.
United Kingdom Government sources to ANI said “We are closely monitoring reports of tax surveys conducted at the offices of the BBC in India.”
The survey operations at the BBC offices come amid the controversy over its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots.
(With Agency Inputs)
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