Leading Tamil actor Vijay has been raided by the income-tax department, which said on Thursday that searches were conducted on Wednesday at 38 premises in Chennai and Madurai linked to a producer, a prominent actor and his distributor and financier.
As per a report on ANI along with pictures of the I-T officials leaving Vijay’s bungalow at Paniyar at East Coast Road on the outskirts of Chennai, the raids and questioning concluded on Thursday evening.
Chennai: Income Tax Department raid at Actor Vijay’s
Panaiyur residence concludes. IT Department held searches in connection with success of a recent film which was a box office hit collecting around Rs 300 crore.#TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/C1dujD9Z7L— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2020
“The common thread among all these entities was the success of a recent film which was a box office hit collecting around Rs 300 crore…. The highlight of the search is the seizure of unaccounted cash of about Rs 77 crore from hideouts and secret places located at Chennai and Madurai, purportedly belonging to the financier…. As per evidence detected during the search, it is estimated that the concealment in this case is likely to exceed Rs 300 crore,” a news release issued by the department said.
The release did not name anyone, but Vijay’s last release Bigil is said to have done business of around Rs 300 crore.