Actor
Sonu
Sood
is
back
in
news
but
this
time
for
a
wrong
reason!
The
Income
Tax
Department
has
said
that
the
Simmba
actor
and
his
associates
have
evaded
tax
worth
over
Rs
20
crore.
They
made
this
revelation
after
conducting
a
search
at
his
various
premises
in
Mumbai
for
three
days
in
a
row.
As
per
a
report
in
NDTV,
the
tax
department
said
in
a
statement,"During
the
course
of
search
at
the
premises
of
the
actor
and
his
associates,
incriminating
evidences
pertaining
to
tax
evasion
have
been
found.
The
main
modus
operandi
followed
by
the
actor
had
been
to
route
his
unaccounted
income
in
the
form
of
bogus
unsecured
loans
from
many
bogus
entities."
"Investigations
so
far
have
revealed
use
of
20
such
entries,
the
providers
of
which,
on
examination,
have
accepted
on
oath
to
have
given
bogus
accommodation
entries.
They
have
accepted
to
have
issued
cheques
in
lieu
of
cash.
There
have
been
instances
where
professional
receipts
have
been
camouflaged
as
loans
in
the
books
of
accounts
for
the
purpose
of
evasion
of
tax.
It
has
also
been
revealed
that
these
bogus
loans
have
been
used
for
making
investments
and
acquiring
properties.
The
total
amount
of
tax
evaded
unearthed
so
far,
amounts
to
more
than
₹
20
crore," the
statement
further
read.
The
tax
department
said
the
actor's
non-profit
organization
also
raised
Rs
2.1
crore
from
overseas
donors
with
the
help
of
a
crowdfunding
platform
in
violation
of
the
law
-
Foreign
Contribution
(Regulation)
Act
-
that
governs
such
transactions,
stated
the
report
in
NDTV.
According
to
a
tweet
by
ANI,
the
main
modus
operandi
followed
by
the
actor
had
been
to
route
his
unaccounted
income
in
the
form
of
bogus
unsecured
loans
from
many
bogus
entities.
During
the
course
of
search
at
the
premises
of
the
actor
&his
associates,
incriminating
evidence
pertaining
to
tax
evasion
found.
The
main
modus
operandi
followed
by
the
actor
had
been
to
route
his
unaccounted
income
in
form
of
bogus
unsecured
loans
from
many
bogus
entities:
CBDT
The
I-T
department
had
conducted
a
search
operation
on
various
premises
of
Sonu
in
Mumbai
and
a
Lucknow-based
real
estate
agency.
It
was
reported
that
a
land
deal
between
Sonu's
firm
and
the
real
estate
agency
was
under
the
scanner.
"The
simultaneous
search
operations
carried
out
at
various
premises
of
an
infrastructure
group
in
Lucknow
in
which
the
actor
has
entered
into
a
joint
venture
real
estate
project
and
invested
substantial
funds,
have
resulted
in
unearthing
of
incriminating
evidences
pertaining
to
tax
evasion
and
irregularities
in
the
books
of
account," the
tax
department
said
in
its
statement.
Since
the
last
year
and
a
half,
Sonu
Sood
has
been
hailed
as
a
real
life
hero
for
his
philanthropic
efforts
to
help
the
needy
during
the
COVID-19
pandemic.