The Income Tax (IT) department on Wednesday carried out searches over 30 locations in Mumbai and Pune and raided the premise of Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu, film director Anurag Kashyap, and filmmaker Madhu Mantena and Vikas Behl. Several discrepancies were found in the amount including manipulation of income and bogus expenditures. On Thursday, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) released a statement and revealed that they have found tax implications of about Rs 350 crore. The statement read,
“During the search, evidence of huge suppression of income by the leading Film Production house compared to the actual box office collections has been unearthed. The company officials have not been able to explain the discrepancy of around Rs. 300 crore. Evidence related to manipulation and under-valuation of share transactions of the production house amongst the film directors and shareholders, having tax implication of about Rs. 350 crore has been found and is being further investigated. Evidence of cash receipts by the leading actress amounting to Rs 5 crore has been recovered. Further investigation is going on.”
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut reacted to this and slammed Taapsee Pannu and Anurag Kashyap in tweets. She also pointed out that many of the names were linked with the ‘Me Too’ movement.
They are not just #TaxChor huge transactions of black money has happened, did they get that money for provoking #Shaheenbagh riots or #republicdayviolence … From where the black money came and where did they send the black money which isn’t accounted for ?
Is it a coincidence that each and every stake holder of Phantom n Kwan has been accused by multiple woman of rape, molestation n harassment. If you don’t respect women,your very moral fibre is wrong, you are a born criminal ,industry killed #MeToo but look one can’t escape karma.
In her next tweets, Kangana continued,
Every minute the numbers are rising, this is only the money they found clues for, one can only imagine what could be the actual numbers of money laundering,have been exposing terrorism racket of tukde gang in the under belly of Bullydawood, these are terrorists not just #TaxChor
She also spoke about Kwan co-founder Madhu Mantena and wrote,
Kwan agency and Phantom production house were the prominent accused in #MeToo many rape allegations/ cases on them but Bullydawood protected them,people like Anurag Kashyap are not only rape accused but they also tried to justify Shushant’s death, who all think its divine justice
Kangana Ranaut also commented on a report that claims that the phone data of Anurag Kashyap and Taapsee Pannu has allegedly been deleted. She added,
IT department claims data from their phones has been wiped off, money laundering numbers and involvement of stakeholders can be shocking,I had my suspicions when I saw them provoke migrant labourers with some high budget anti India animation advertisements
She said data can be retrieved and mentioned they are small players. Kangana added,
Data can be retrieved, but these are small players, one can only imagine how deep rooted is terrorism in the film industry and how these bhands breaking India for money, government should set good example for everyone, they can’t sell tukde of this nation to terrorism. Jai Hind
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