This comes a day after inspectors concluded a three-day search of BBC offices in Mumbai and New Delhi. Read more at straitstimes.com.
India reacted angrily to a documentary by the British broadcaster about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadershipAt least 1,000 people were killed in the violence, most of them Muslims. Activists put the toll at more than twice that number.
“...During the course of the survey, the department gathered several evidences pertaining to the operation of the organisation which indicate that tax has not been paid on certain remittances which have not been disclosed as income in India by the foreign entities of the group,” it said. It called the situation stressful and disruptive for its staff, and added that its journalists in India would continue to report without fear or favour.The investigation, the CBDT statement said, also threw up “several discrepancies and inconsistencies with regard to Transfer Pricing documentation”.
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