Income Tax officials on Wednesday conducted raids on the residences of Telugu film actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty after noticing discrepancies in the bank accounts statements of the actors.
According to reports, the IT sleuths conducted raids on Akkineni Nagarjuna's residence, Annnapurna Studios and Venkat Akkineni's office. The IT officials also conducted raids on the residence of film producer Shiva Prasad Reddy who produces films under the banner of Kamakshi Films. It is learnt that some key documents have been seized from his house.
It is said that the IT officials also seized important documents from the 3 popular film personalities during the raids.
Nearly 15 teams from IT department conducted the raids which began early in the morning on Wednesday..
IT department sources revealed that the raids were simultaneously conducted in Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore, as the department had information that the actors have properties in these cities.
According to reports, these actors have jointly purchased a plot of land near Visakhapatnam, and it is said that they have not paid the due tax share to the IT department.
However, the officials have not yet revealed anything about the seized documents and properties' discrepancies of the actors.
Courtesy: INN
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