Tollywood director Puri Jagannadh on Tuesday showed up before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as a feature of an examination in an illegal tax avoidance test connected to the medications racket. The ED as of late called 10 people associated with Tollywood and two others, including an exclusive hangout chief, as a component of the test.
Entertainers Rakul Preet Singh, Rana Daggubati, Ravi Teja, Charmee Kaur, Navdeep, Mumaith Khan, and chief Puri Jagannadh were approached to show up before ED between August 31 and September 22. Aside from them, Tanish, Nandu, and entertainer Ravi Teja’s driver Srinivas have additionally been called. Jagannadh showed up before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Hyderabad on Tuesday as a feature of the test.
The focal office is addressing Tollywood characters regarding the medications racket which had shaken the entertainment world four years prior. The scrutinizing is probably going to expose new realities about the medications racket which was busted with the capture of medication vendors in 2017.
The advancement has caused a commotion as two driving entertainers who were prior not addressed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Telangana Excise and Prohibition Department two years prior, have additionally been called by the ED. Entertainer Rakul Preet has been approached to show up on September 6 while Rana Daggubati has been gathered on September 8.
The scrutinizing by the ED will bring the emphasis back looking into the issue, which was in cool stockpiling and was even viewed as dead by numerous individuals because of the perfect chit given by SIT to the film characters. Areas of Tollywood are concerned that the improvement following the ED examination could bring to the front realities connecting it to the test looked by some Bollywood characters.
In any case, an ED official has explained that until further notice the characters being brought will be dealt with just as witnesses. The ED has requested that Ravi Teja show up on September 9 while Mumaith Khan has been brought on September 15.
For the unversed, the medications racket was busted on July 2, 2017. Customs authorities had captured Calvin Mascarenhas, a performer, alongside two others and held onto drugs worth Rs 30 lakh from their ownership.
They had apparently told the specialists that they are providing medications to various people including film VIPs, corporate scool understudies and computer programmers. According to reports the digits of certain Tollywood big names were likewise supposedly found in their contact records.
Cinematographer Shyam K Naidu, entertainers Subbaraju, Tanish, Nandu and Teja’s driver were likewise addressed in the test. The SIT recorded a charge sheet in eight out of 12 cases. Notwithstanding, it gave a spotless chit to the film characters addressed as a component of the examination.
