Top Kannada actors face I-T dept heat for 2nd day
I-T officials raid four top Kannada actors, three producers
Bengaluru, Jan 4: The Income Tax department raids on four leading Kannada film actors and three producers here continued for the second day Friday, officials said.
In a simultaneous swoop down, the I-T officials began the raids Thursday morning on the properties of film actors Shiva Rajkumar and his brother Puneeth Rajkumar, sons of Kannada thespian late Rajkumar, and Sudeep and Yash.
The film producers who were raided are C R Manohar, 'Rockline' Venkatesh and Vijay Kiragandur.
With no relief to the actors and producers on the second day as well, the Income Tax officials expanded the scope of the raid by searching the premises of their close friends and relatives, I-T sources said.
The sleuths went through documents, files, ledger books, and seized a huge cache of cash and gold, they said.
Meanwhile, supporters of Shiva Rajkumar staged a demonstration outside his Manyata Tech Park residence, protesting against the raid.
Sudeep had expressed his apprehension Thursday that the raids could be linked to three blockbuster movies 'KGF', 'Villain' and 'Nata Sarvabhouma'.
Nicknamed 'Hattrick star', Shivarajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar are the sons of Kannada thespian late Rajkumar.
Both actors have been delivering blockbuster movies.
Sudeep, who anchored the Kannada version of 'Big Boss', was hailed for his role in the movie 'Eega' - Makkhi in Hindi - and the multilingual 'Baahubali', which broke new grounds in Indian cinema and created records in box office collections.
'Rockline' Venkatesh had co-produced the Hindi movie 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'.
Vijay is the producer of the latest blockbuster movie "KGF", starring Yash, Srinidhi Shetty and Anant Nag.
The film hit 2,460 screens all over the country on December 21 and is reportedly a box office hit, not only in Kannada, but also in the Hindi and Tamil versions.
C R Manohar has his own production house called 'Tanvi Films'.
He has produced Kannada and Telugu movies.
His latest movie was 'The Villain', starring Shiva Rajkumar, Sudeep and Mithun Chakraborty.
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Rajasthan teacher forces student to cut, clean chicken during exam; suspended
Udaipur, Apr 27 (PTI): A government school teacher in this Rajasthan district has been suspended after he allegedly pressured a class nine student into quitting writing an exam midway to cut, skin and clean a chicken, ostensibly for the tutor to take it home.
Mohanlal Doda's alleged unethical conduct caused a furore among the locals of Kotada and they approached Minister Babulal Kharari to complain. The minister directed Sub-Divisional Officer Hasmukh Kumar to submit a detailed report on the matter.
As the allegation came to the fore and the inquiry was ordered, other students of the school in the Kotada area came forward to claim that Doda had dismissed the school cook from duty around a month ago.
This resulted in the school students not getting food in the school since then, locals complained.
The sub-divisional officer's inquiry report found that Doda had made the class 9 student, Rahul Kumar Pargi, cut, skin and clean the chicken during the exam at the school, officials said.
Based on the report, the district education officer suspended the teacher, they added.
