Mumbai: Income Tax officials have found a huge amount of tax evasions on the third day of searches at the premises of actor Sonu Sood. The tax evasion relates to payments from Bollywood and Sonu Sood’s personal finances. Accounts of the Sood Charity Foundation will also be examined now. The IT Department will make a press statement this evening, News18 reported.
The searches began on Wednesday, when IT officials surveyed at least six properties in Mumbai and Lucknow, all linked to the Bollywood actor. The visit of the I-T officials, which was not termed as raid, was in connection with an alleged tax evasion probe, according to PTI. A real estate deal is also under the scanner of the income tax department.
This is the second time that Sood has had a run-in with the law. Earlier this year, BMC had filed a complaint against him accusing him of converting a six-storey residential building in Juhu into a hotel without the required permissions.
The actor recently became the brand ambassador for the Delhi government’s mentorship programme for school students. Sonu Sood had reportedly refused to respond to questions after that meeting on the possibility of joining politics, specifically Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
However, in another interview, the actor had clarified that the reports highlighted in a section of the media on his political ambitions were “false and baseless”. He added that his family and he have no interest in politics and they are not joining any political party.
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