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I-T raids on major Hindi daily critical of Covid handling
Updated On: 23 July, 2021 08:09 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Dainik Bhaskar says raids happened as it put out the ‘true picture of the govt’s inefficiency before the country during the second Covid wave’
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Security personnel stand guard at the residence of Sudhir Agarwal, the owner of Dainik Bhaskar Group, after raids, in Bhopal. Pic/PTI
The Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted raids across several states against prominent media group Dainik Bhaskar as well as Uttar Pradesh-based TV channel Bharat Samachar for alleged tax evasion, drawing a sharp response from several quarters.
The raids against the multi-media Dainik Bhaskar group — which has presence in 12 states and runs newspapers as well as radio stations, web portals and mobile phone apps — were taking place in 30 locations, including Bhopal, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Noida, sources said. The searches started around 5.30 am and were going on till evening.
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