Income Tax Department conducts raids at residences and offices of Pushpa 2 producers and Game Changer producer

HYDERABAD: The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted raids at the residences and offices of prominent producers in the Telugu film industry, including the producer of the movie Pushpa 2. Raids were also carried out at the offices of various online portals.

The residences of Pushpa 2: The Rule producers Naveen Yerneni and Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar, as well as Game Changer producer Dil Raju, were among the locations raided. searches were also conducted at the properties of Dil Raju's relatives and friends.

Recently, the Telangana government had appointed Dil Raju as the chairman of the State Film Development Corporation. Two of his productions were released recently. Game Changer, starring Ram Charan and Kiara Advani, has so far collected Rs 125.4 crore from India alone. Pushpa 2: The Rule, produced by Naveen and Ravi Shankar and starring Allu Arjun, is already a box-office hit.