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Actor Joseph Vijay Questioned By Income Tax Dept In Connection With Tax Evasion Case
Tamil Actor Joseph Vijay (Silverscreen Media Inc/Wikimedia Commons)
Tamil Cinema actor Joseph Vijay was questioned by the Income Tax (IT) officials on Wednesday (5 February), this is the second time he has been interrogated by IT officials. The last questioning happened in 2015.
As per report, the matter pertains to allegations of tax evasion by AGS Group which had produced his last film Bijil.
The group has been accused of huge tax evasion and 20 of its premises were searched by the IT officials, prior to the actor’s questioning.
Actor Joseph Vijay was picked up by the IT officials from the sets of his upcoming movie Master, near Neyveli in Tamil Nadu. The shooting for the day was thus cancelled.
The movie Bijil was shot for a budget of Rs 180 crore and also ended up being one of Actor Joseph Vijay’s most successful movies till date. The salary which Joseph Vijay received is also said to have come under the IT department’s scrutiny.
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