IT Raids Rock Tollywood
According to sources nearly 40 celebrity residences were raided. The top in the list included noted comedian Dr Brahmanandam, TV shows host and producer Omkar, energetic Udhaya Bhanu, Jhansi Suma, singers Sunitha and Geeta Madhuri. The raids commenced approximately at 2 pm on Thursday (November 29) and extended to late nights. The results of the IT action has not yet been revealed, nor confirmed.
Income
tax raids rock Tollywood with surprise raids. There is a general fear
prevailing across the industry, as to who the next is. In a masive
operation nearly fourty or more officials of the department IT raided the celebrities of the industry at their premises in Hyderabad on November
29.
According to sources nearly 40 celebrity residences were raided. The top in the list included noted comedian Dr Brahmanandam, TV shows host and producer Omkar, energetic Udhaya Bhanu, Jhansi Suma, singers Sunitha and Geeta Madhuri. The raids commenced approximately at 2 pm on Thursday (November 29) and extended to late nights. The results of the IT action has not yet been revealed, nor confirmed.
As per
reports IT department along with GHMC and ACB swung into action to check
the discrepancies in the financial trasnsactions that are more often
appearing in media. Some senior filmmakers blame actors and production
houses for IT raids as they inflate profit figures and announce them
publicly.
On the
other hand the IT slab is so high that at times even the righteous would
feel sad to part with a major chunk of the hard earned money, feel
economists. A viable solution had to be worked out so that every one
turns up voluntarily accountable like elsewhere in the world. It may be
recalled that in the previous years the I-T sleuths raided many noted
cinema personalities like Mahesh Babu, Dil Raju, VV Vinayak, Charmy Kaur
etc.
However
it is the tall claims by the producers to attract people to explore
their venture has led to this chaos. To check on the realities, the
officers seem to have raided the celebrities. Indications also show that
this is just the tip of the iceberg.....
(Wishesh-AarKay)