The Dainik Bhaskar Group has issued a response after the Income Tax department raided some of its offices earlier in the day.

Through a video on its website, the group stated that the raid had taken place after its journalists tried revealing the true number of deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. The video claims that the Government is afraid of true journalism.

The IT department raided Dainik Bhaskar offices in Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra along with some of the team members' houses.

The full video can be viewed here.