Income Tax officials found Rs 65 crore during raids on a powerful financier in the Tamil film industry, says reports.
Income Tax officials searched the properties of AGS Cinemas and film financier Anbu Cheliyan in Madurai and questioned Vijay in connection with an alleged tax evasion case. Vijay’s home in Chennai too was searched yesterday.
“The counting is still going on and the total seizure is likely to go up,” an official said.
Officials said that the AGS group and the film financier was on their watch for a long time now.
They claim their probe revealed unaccounted transactions between Anbu Cheliyan and Vijay following which the actor’s home on East Coast Road outside Chennai was raided. Vijay is being questioned today as well.
Officials also denied reports that the actor was escorted by them to Chennai from his shooting location in Cuddalore district yesterday. “We were extremely courteous. It was Vijay who chose to wind up and return home where his wife was when searches were undertaken. We know he is a big star and our senior officers had given specific instructions to treat him with utmost courtesy,” an officer said.
Sources: Money recovered from the financer of Tamil actor Vijay during Income Tax Department raids. https://t.co/IBIl5mouYl pic.twitter.com/tbOIX76X3I
— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2020
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