Income tax department officials have raided the several film stars and producers of the Kannada film industry today morning.
The income tax raids were carried out on producer Rockline Venkatesh, actor Puneet Rajkumar, Shivarajkumar,
Sudeep, producer
Jayanna and several other artists of the industry. Residence of '
KGF' star
Yash was also being raided.
Residences of producers of Blockbuster hit 'KGF' Vijay Kiragandhur in Nagarbhavi and 'Villain' producer CR Manohar have also been raided.
The officials have also reviewed several documents.
Producer Rockline Venkatesh house in Mahalakshmi Layout, Puneet Rajkumar and Sivaraj Kumar's residence in Sadashivanagar were also under the radar. The raids are still underway and are being investigated by the income tax officials.
The officials conducted raids in 10 places in total. All the mobile phones of the people being raided were switched off and family members were not available to comment.