Raid on BBC airing Modi documentary in India

In India, tax audits have begun at the offices of the British broadcaster BBC, which broadcasts a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In India, the documentary released last month by the BBC on Modi’s role in the incidents against Muslims in India in 2002 has not been left off the agenda. According to BBC officials, who asked not to be named, officials from India’s Department of Income Tax have begun auditing the BBC’s offices in the country.

According to information from the Press Trust of India news agency, the inspections are carried out at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai.

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India has banned broadcasting of the documentary “India: The Modi Problem” prepared by the BBC and released last month, and sharing sections of the documentary on social media.

Opponents described the ban as an attack on press freedom.
India’s Foreign Ministry claimed that the documentary was “propaganda material with a purpose”, while the BBC argued that the documentary was “meticulously researched and reflected different points of view”.

The BBC also reported that the right of reply granted to the Indian government during the making of the documentary was denied.

In 2002, when Modi was chief minister of the state of Gujarat, more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed. (AA)