On Saturday, the Tax Authority announced that actor sonu sood and his accomplices had dodged tax in the amount of Rs. 20 crore. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) stated evidence of wrongdoing connected to tax fraud was discovered during a search of the hindi actor's and his aides' homes. “The actor's major mode of operation was to route his unexplained income through various phony businesses in the shape of bogus unsecured loans,” a tax department officer was reported as saying by news agency ANI.
On Wednesday, the agency opened an investigation into the 48-year-old actor and some of his associates, and the investigation is still ongoing. According to them, the
search has now been expanded to include further areas of the city. The operation was taken out in at least a half-dozen locations around the major metropolis and
lucknow on Wednesday. Official sources say the department is looking into a real estate purchase and other financial dealings involving Sood.
Even while the searches for day 4 continue, the income tax agency has issued a thorough statement outlining the reasons for the searches. Actor
sonu sood is accused of evading taxes worth over Rs 20 crores by the Income Tax Department. During the
search, it was discovered that the Charity Foundation had received cash from foreign donors on a crowdfunding campaign, in contravention of FCRA norms, to the tune of Rs 2.101 crore.
