The Income Tax authorities conducted raids at the offices and residential premises of popular comedian Santhanam and film-makers such as A.M. Rathnam, Gnanavel Raja and R.B. Choudhary
for alleged tax evasion. The sudden and unexpected raid on Rathnam’s
premises on the eve of release of his Ajith-starrer Arrambam has shocked
the industry folks.
The raids commenced early in the morning
and continued till late in the evening. Santhanam’s residence opposite
SIET Women’s College in Teynampet was searched by a team of IT
authorities for many hours.
Separate search teams arrived at the
residences of Santhanam, R.B. Choudhary and at the Studio Green office
owned by K.E. Gnanavel Raja. Simultaneous raids were conducted at R.B.
Chuodhary’s T. Nagar office, Gnanavel Raja’s Pondy Bazaar Office and at
the residence of Rathnam at Saligramam. Over all, 23 premises owned by
the quartet were raided, it is informed.
It may be noted that Santhanam is starring in 15 films simultaneously whereas R.B. Choudhary
is about to release his Vijay-starrer Jilla in January. Raids at
Gnanavel Raja’s office have come on the eve of release of his
Karthi-Kajal Aggarwal starrer All in All Azhagu Raja which is to release tomorrow on Deepavali.
Besides Chennai, raids also took place
at six locations in Salem and Coimbatore. A team also searched at the
Salem office premises of producer Ashok Samraj. A similar raid is said
to have taken place at the Andhra Pradesh residence/office of a leading
producer whose name was not revealed.
No details about the finding of any controversial documents have been made available to the press so far.
Judul : IT Raid at Santhanam’s and leading producers’ places
Deskripsi : The Income Tax authorities conducted raids at the offices and residential premises of popular comedian Santhanam and film-makers such a...