The BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai searched for a second day as controversy swirled over a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role in riots two decades ago.
Police officers stand outside a building having BBC offices, where income tax officials are conducting a search, in New Delhi, India, February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree FadnavisNEW DELHI, Feb 15 - Indian tax officers searched the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai for a second day on Wednesday, two sources said, as controversy swirled over a BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role in deadly riots two decades ago.
The searches resumed Wednesday morning after they went on until late in the night on Tuesday, a government source and a source in the BBC's New Delhi office told Reuters. India's Income Tax Department has declined to comment on the reason for the search. The sources declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter.the documentary that focuses on Modi, a Hindu nationalist, during his time as chief minister of Gujarat state when Hindu-Muslim violence erupted in 2002.
At least 1,000 people were killed in the riots, most of them Muslims. Activists have put the toll at more than twice that number.
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