The searches come weeks after the BBC aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the U.K.
on Wednesday questioning staff about the organization’s business operations in the country, some staff members said.
Indian income tax officials have not made any statements since the searches were launched in the BBC’s New Delhi and Mumbai offices on Tuesday morning. “Many staff have now left the building but some have been asked to remain and are continuing to co-operate with the ongoing inquiries,” it said, adding: “Our output and journalism continue as normal.”
While the association “maintains that no institution is above the law, it condemns any attempt to muzzle and intimidate the media and interfere with the free functioning of journalists and media organizations,” it said in a statement.
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