Chennai: Income Tax officials conducted raids at the premises of three pivotal actors, producers and financiers of Tamil movie 'Puli', in connection with alleged tax evasion. Sources said IT officials raided 35 premises in Chennai, Madurai, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad, at Vijay's resort and residence, Nayantara's residence, Samantha's residence and producers Shibu Thameens and PT Selvakumar's premises. Also raided were the premises of film financiers Madurai Anbu and Ramesh.
They also raided the residence and office of film producer and distributor Kalaipuli Thanu. The movie, directed by Chimbu Devan, was released on October 1. There is no confirmation if raids were held on the premises of the film director.
