<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The BBC in India has been asked to provide financial details in a new probe linked to alleged foreign exchange violations. Britain's public broadcaster had faced a tax investigation earlier this year.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The BBC's foreign remittances are being scrutinised by the Enforcement Directorate, sources said today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Enforcement Directorate has registered a case against BBC India under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The probe agency has asked the BBC to furnish its books of accounts and financial statements.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This comes months after the Income Tax department surveyed the BBC and sent its teams to the broadcaster's offices in Delhi and Mumbai over allegations of irregularities in taxes, diversion of profits and non-compliance with rules.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the survey, senior BBC staff had to stay in the office overnight to respond to questions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the administrative body for the Income Tax department, had said the income and profits shown by various BBC group entities were "not commensurate" with the scale of their operations in India and tax had not been paid on certain remittances by its foreign entities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The tax searches came weeks after the British broadcaster aired a documentary that was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership of Gujarat during the 2002 sectarian riots. The BBC's two-part series titled "India: The Modi Question", examined allegations that PM Modi, as Chief Minister of Gujarat, didn't do enough to stop the riots - allegations that were dismissed by the Supreme Court. The government used emergency powers to take down posts sharing the documentary in January.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, in an interview, said the timing of the BBC documentary is "not accidental" and denounced the narrative in the foreign media. NDTV</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>