External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly during a meeting in New Delhi on March 1, 2023.
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British Foreign Minister James Cleverly raised the issue of BBC tax searches with External Affairs Minister (EAM) during a bilateral meeting on Wednesday, the Minister told in an interview.

Last month, the Income Tax department conducted searches at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai.

The searches came after the British broadcaster released a documentary made on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership of Gujarat during riots in 2002.