India probes into local operations of Netflix over visa violations, racial discrimination: Government Email.
An email written by the government to a former executive said India is inquiring into the Indian operations of US streaming giant Netflix on charges of visa violations and racial discrimination.
The details of India’s investigation were included in an email dated July 20, reviewed by Reuters, written by a home ministry official to Netflix’s former director of business and legal affairs for India, Nandini Mehta, who left the company in 2020.
Indian official Deepak Yadav from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) of the home ministry in New Delhi wrote that this is about visa and tax violations in Netflix’s business practices in India.
“We have received certain details in this regard w.r.t (concerning) the stated company’s conduct, visa violation, illegal structures, tax evasion and other malpractices including incidents of racial discrimination that company has been engaged in while conducting its business in India,” he added.
