British Foreign Minister James Cleverly raised the issue of BBC tax searches with India's foreign minister during a bilateral meeting on Wednesday, the minister said in an interview.
"The BBC does not have an agenda – we are driven by purpose. And our first public purpose is to provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them," said Tim Davie.
While the I-T Department had claimed that the survey – which lasted three days, including overnight – was carried out in such a way that BBC employees could continue to work, an article in BBC Hindi has directly contradicted this.