'Without any clarity on allegations or evidence, Income Tax teams are being used to intimidate and harass organisations involved in public service journalism.'
https://thewire.in/media/ipsmf-oxfam-cpr-income-tax-digipub
The media collective Digipub, of which The Wire is a part, has condemned the Income Tax department ‘surveys’ on three independent bodies on September 7, calling it part of the “repressive trend” of curtailing independent journalism and research.
“Without any clarity on allegations or evidence, Income Tax teams are being used to intimidate and harass organisations involved in public service journalism. This is a brazen waste of human resources and of the efforts of government officials who have joined the service to add value to India’s administrative mechanism,” it says.
Noting that using them as political tools is an insult to their abilities, the group has called on I-T officials to clarify why the three organisations have been subjected to searches
by WIRE staff
08/09/2022
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