the bbc news office at linking road bandra westit is learned that the tax officials are conducting verification of certain account documents in the finance department of the bbc officesduring the investigation the mobile phones of all the employees present in the bbc office have been taken away by the income tax team the data of the computer kept in the accounts and finance department was also scanned according to sources officials said the devices will be returned to their owners after taking a backupthe searches come weeks after the bbc released a documentary on prime minister narendra modi india the modi question which caused controversy on january 21 the centre had issued directions for blocking multiple youtube videos and twitter posts sharing links to the controversial bbc documentary on pm modi the supreme court had on february 3 directed the central government to produce original records relating to its decision to block the bbc documentary