The Income Tax department raided the media houses and Hindi News channel Dainik Bhaskar and Bharat Samachar.
The tax evasion at TV channel Bharat Samachar and newspaper Dainik Bhaskar is being investigated.
Amidst this, media rights groups and even the opposition have condemned the raid as an attack on the Freedom of Press.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was one of the condemners and said that the raids were an attempt to scare the media.
CM Kejriwal also urged the raids should stop immediately and the media should be allowed to function freely.
India’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur denied government’s involvement.
“Agencies do their own work, we don’t interfere in their functioning,” Thakur said.
