10 BBC Employees Have Been In Office Since Tax 'Survey', Now Into Day 3
NDTV
The survey at the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai began after the British public broadcaster aired a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots.
At least 10 senior employees of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Delhi have not gone home since the Income Tax department launched a "survey" at their Indian offices, sources have said, as the operation entered its third day on Thursday.
Officials gathered financial data from staffers and made copies of documents of the news organisation. A BBC in Delhi said they were broadcasting their news like usual and many employees were working from home.
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.
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".