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Indian tax authorities raid media outlets Bharat Samachar and Dainik Bhaskar - Published Indian tax authorities have raided the offices of two prominent media outlets that have been critical of the government's response to coronavirus. Officials said they are investigating tax evasion at TV channel Bharat Samachar and newspaper Dainik Bhaskar. The homes of some employees have also been raided, and many have had their mobile phones seized. Several media rights groups and opposition lawmakers say the move is an intentional attack on press freedom. But Anurag Thakur, India's information and broadcasting minister, denied that the government was involved. "Agencies do their own work, we don't interfere in their functioning," he said. Dainik Bhaskar, published in Hindi, is one of India's most widely read daily newspapers. Throughout the country's outbreak, the paper and Bharat Samachar have exposed a shortfalls in the government's response to the pandemic, including shortages of oxygen and hospital beds. They have also reported on the bodies of suspected coronavirus victims which have been floating in the river Ganges. In April, Dainik Bhaskar published the phone number of Jitu Vaghani - the Gujarat state president of India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Most recently it reported on the use of NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against several Indian journalists. In response to the raids, both media outlets have accused the government of deliberately targeting them for their coverage. "The raid is the outcome of our aggressive reporting," said Om Gaur, Dainik Bhaskar's national editor, speaking to the Washington Post. "Unlike some other media, we reported how people were dying for lack of oxygen and hospital beds." In a post on Twitter, Bharat Samachar said: "The more you throttle us, the louder we will speak the truth." Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, several media outlets have been investigated by the government for financial impropriety, raising fears about press freedom in the world's largest democracy. In 2017 tax authorities raided the offices of broadcaster NDTV, and the homes of its founders, the Roy family. Reporters Without Borders, an advocacy group for journalists, has placed India at 142nd place in its press freedom rankings - putting the country on par with Myanmar and Mexico.
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दैनिक भास्कर र भारत समाचारको कार्यालयमा आयकर विभागको छापा कोरोनाभाइरस महामारीप्रति सरकारले जनाएको प्रतिक्रियाको आलोचना गरेका दुई वटा मुख्य सञ्चार माध्यहरूको कार्यालयमा भारतको आयकर विभागले छापा मारेको छ। अधिकारीहरूले भारत समाचार टेलिभिजन च्यानल र दैनिक भास्कर पत्रिकाले कर छली गरेको विषयबारे अनुसन्धान गरिहरेको जनाएका छन्। ती संस्थामा काम गर्ने कर्मचारीहरूको घरमा पनि छापा मारिएको छ भने कैयौँको मोबाइल फोन जफत गरिएको छ। आम सञ्चारबारे वकालत गर्ने थुप्रै संस्था तथा विपक्षी दलका नेताहरूले उक्त कदमलाई प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता माथि जानिबुझी गरिएको हमलाको संज्ञा दिएका छन्। तर भारतका सूचना तथा प्रसारण मन्त्री अनुराग ठाकुरले पछिल्लो प्रकरणमा सरकारको संलग्नता अस्वीकार गरेका छन्। ''निकायहरूले आफ्नो काम गर्छन्। तिनीहरूको सञ्चालनमा हामी हस्तक्षेप गर्दैनौँ,'' उनले भने। हिन्दी भाषामा प्रकाशित हुने दैनिक भास्कर पत्रिका भारतमा व्यापक रूपमा पढिने दैनिक मध्यमा पर्छ। कोरोनाभाइरस महामारीकाबीच उक्त पत्रिका र भारत सञ्चारले अक्सिजनको र अस्पतालमा शय्याको अभाव जस्ता विषयमा सरकारले गरेको काम पर्याप्त नरहेको भन्दै समाचार सम्प्रेषण गरेका थिए। कोरोनाभाइरसका कारण मृत्यु भएको ठानिएका गङ्गा नदीमा तैरिरहेका मृत शरीरबारे पनि ती सञ्चारमाध्यमहरूले समाचार सम्प्रेषण गरेका थिए। दुवै सञ्चारमाध्यमले सरकारले समाचार सम्प्रेषण गरेकै आधारमा नियोजित रूपमा आफूहरूलाई निसाना बनाइएको बताएका छन्। ''छापा हाम्रो आक्रामक रिपोर्टीङ्गको नतिजा हो,'' दैनिक भास्करका केन्द्रीय सम्पादक ओम गौरले द वासिङ्टन पोस्टसँग कुरा गर्दै भने। ''अन्य केही सञ्चारमाध्यमहरू भन्दा फरक हामीले अक्सिजन र अस्पताल शय्याको अभावका कारण कसरी मानिसहरूले ज्यान गुमाइरहेका छन् भन्ने विषममा समाचार छापेका थियौँ।''