IT raids on Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap: FM says he was raided in 2013 as well

In comments seen as a defense of income tax raids on Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that similar individuals were raided in 2013, but no issue was made. , As is being done now. Refusing to comment on personal matters, she said it is in the national interest to know if something is being stolen.

 “First of all, I am not commenting on any A or B person. (But) since the names were taken, (I want to say) a lot of names were printed in 2013, ”she told reporters at IWPC (Indian Women’s Press Corps).

 This was not an issue “(in 2013). This is now an issue, ”he said. although, She did not talk about the outcome of the 2013 raids and if any follow-up was taken in the last seven years. The Income Tax Department on March 3 launched raids on the houses and offices of Pannu and Kashyap, as well as their associates, who launched the now-defunct production house Phantom Films.

 Part of the tax evasion investigation against Phantom Films done at 30 locations in Mumbai and Pune, Shibhashish Sarkar, CEO of Reliance Entertainment Group and some executives of celebrity and talent management companies and executives of Kevan were also covered. Asked to comment on the raid, Sitharaman said that the 2013 raid was not an issue and that they suddenly became one.

“Respond to this hypocrisy or respond to it, saying it’s happening so far, what’s the matter (with now),” he said. “In the national interest, Do we want to know if something is being stolen? ” Both Pannu and Kashyap are known beyond their views on many issues. “I do not know. I am not commenting on any particular matter.

 But if it relates to the particular names I want to ask – should we raise the question of whether there was a serious omission and commission or should we say ‘oh now this is happening?’ A question should b