The New York-based media watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists has called upon the Indian authorities to stop harassing journalists after Income Tax officials raided the offices of the British broadcaster BBC in New Delhi and Mumbai.
CPJ’s Asia program coordinator, Beh Lih Yi, in a statement said, raiding the BBC’s India offices in the wake of a documentary criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi smacks of intimidation.
“Indian authorities have used tax investigations as a pretext to target critical news outlets before, and must cease harassing BBC employees immediately, she said.—INP
