Indian authorities have reported evidence of tax irregularities at a “prominent international media company” following a three-day search at the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai this week.
The country’s finance ministry said on Friday that tax officials had uncovered “crucial evidence” of discrepancies between the broadcaster’s income from Indian operations and taxes paid, as well as failure to pay tax on money transfers.
The “income/profits shown by various group entities is not commensurate with the scale of operations in India”, the ministry said in a statement, which did not name the BBC. It did not present specific findings and said evidence gathered would be “further examined”.