Income Tax (IT) department officials today raided the homes and offices of renowned producer and Telangana Film Development Corporation Chairman Dil Raju and conducted search operations .
Along with Raju , simultaneous searches were conducted at the offices of renowned production company Mythri Movie Makers and the residence of ‘Pushpa 2’ producer Naveen Erneni.
The search operations were carried out simultaneously at 8 places with 55 teams.
The IT officials have also searched the homes of Dil Raju in Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills, as well as the homes of his brother Sirish and daughter Hansitha Reddy.
Dil Raju’s wife Vaigareddy was taken in a car by the officials . The bank lockers were inspected by the officials in her presence and later she was brought home.
The raids were also conducted at the residences of his business partners. The Officials examined various documents related to his financial transactions.
Dil Raj’s wife said that the Income Tax officials took her to open the bank lockers. “IT department officials have been conducting searches since morning.
They conducted checks related to his films. These are just routine searches. The IT department officials asked for bank details. We opened the bank lockers and showed them,” she said.