New Delhi:

The BBC in India has been requested to offer monetary particulars in a brand new probe linked to alleged international alternate violations. Britain’s public broadcaster had confronted a tax investigation earlier this yr.

The BBC’s international remittances are being scrutinised by the Enforcement Directorate, sources mentioned at this time.

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a case in opposition to BBC India below the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).

The probe company has requested the BBC to furnish its books of accounts and monetary statements.

This comes months after the Income Tax division surveyed the BBC and despatched its groups to the broadcaster’s workplaces in Delhi and Mumbai over allegations of irregularities in taxes, diversion of earnings and non-compliance with guidelines.

During the survey, senior BBC workers needed to keep within the workplace in a single day to answer questions.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the executive physique for the Income Tax division, had mentioned the earnings and earnings proven by numerous BBC group entities have been “not commensurate” with the size of their operations in India and tax had not been paid on sure remittances by its international entities.

The tax searches got here weeks after the British broadcaster aired a documentary that was crucial of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management of Gujarat throughout the 2002 sectarian riots. The BBC’s two-part collection titled “India: The Modi Question”, examined allegations that PM Modi, as Chief Minister of Gujarat, did not do sufficient to cease the riots – allegations that have been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The authorities used emergency powers to take down posts sharing the documentary in January.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, in an interview, mentioned the timing of the BBC documentary is “not accidental” and denounced the narrative within the international media.