The Income Tax Department gathered several evidences pertaining to the BBC India's operation which indicated that taxes were not paid on "certain remittances" which have not been disclosed as income in India by the foreign entities of the group.
Income tax-related surveys at British public broadcaster BBC's India offices continued for the third day and employees working with the media house were asked not to delete any data until it is on, sources said.
The UK government took note of the reports of tax surveys conducted at the offices of the British public broadcaster BBC in India and said they are monitoring it.