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Tax raids target Indian paper that criticised government over Covid
Dainik Bhaskar accuses government of pursuing it on trumped-up charges in response to its reporting
Tax raids have been carried out on the offices of one of India’s most popular newspapers, after months of critical coverage of the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Thursday morning, more than 100 tax inspectors descended on the headquarters of Dainik Bhaskar media group in the state of Madhya Pradesh, and raided 30 regional offices in the states of Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
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