Indian tax authorities have performed widespread raids spanning “100-plus areas” on the places of work of two nonprofits and a basis that funds a number of unbiased media organisations.
The tax authorities have alleged irregularities in monetary transactions as causes for the raid on world nonprofit Oxfam, the Centre for Coverage Analysis (CPR), a significant suppose tank, and the Impartial and Public Spirited Media Basis (IPSMF), which funds a number of media shops, a few of which have been vital of the federal government.
The raids performed on Wednesday on the places of work of Oxfam and CPR in Delhi and IPSMF in Bengaluru had been dubbed “searches” and “surveys” by tax authorities.
