The earnings levy administration undertook raids at the agencies and residential premises of well liked comedian Santhanam and film-makers such as A.M. Rathnam, Gnanavel Raja and R.B. Choudhary for supposed tax evasion. The rapid and unexpected raid on Rathnam’s building on the eve of issue of his Ajith-starrer Arrambam has shocked the commerce folks.
The raids commenced early in the forenoon and continued till late in the evening. Santhanam’s house opposite SIET Women’s College in Teynampet was sought by a team of IT administration for many hours.
distinct seek groups reached at the residences of Santhanam, R.B. Choudhary and at the Studio Green agency belongs to by K.E. Gnanavel Raja. Simultaneous raids were conducted at R.B. Chuodhary’s T. Nagar agency, Gnanavel Raja’s Pondy Bazaar agency and at the house of Rathnam at Saligramam. Over all, 23 building owned by the quartet were raided, it is informed.
It may be documented 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 arrive on the eve of release of his Karthi-Kajal Aggarwal starrer All in All Azhagu Raja which is to release tomorrow on Deepavali.
in addition to Chennai, raids furthermore took location at six locations in Salem and Coimbatore. A group furthermore searched at the Salem office premises of manufacturer Ashok Samraj. A similar raid is said to have taken location at the Andhra Pradesh residence/office of a premier manufacturer whose title was not disclosed.
No minutia about the finding of any contentious documents have been made accessible to the press so far.
