Both Tapsee Pannu and Anurag Kashyap have openly criticized the Narendra Modi government.
Keys to an alleged bungalow in Paris, a 5 million rupee receipt, and “2013 raid memory” – this is what the income tax (TI) department found mostly during its raid on properties linked to Tapsee Pannu the actor said today in three tweets. He finished the last of them with a post script: “It is not like that sasti ” never more.
His posts came three days after the raids on Wednesday for alleged tax evasion. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap was also raided by the IT department. Both were reportedly questioned by officials in Pune. The searches were carried out at 30 locations in Mumbai and Pune.
In the first tweet he posted today, he said: “Three days of intense searching. Of three main things: 1. The keys to the ‘supposed’ bungalow that I apparently own in Paris. Because the summer holidays are just around the corner” .
She followed up with two more tweets.
2. The “supposed” receipt worth 5 million rupees to frame and save for future releases because I have been denied that money before ????
– taapsee pannu (@taapsee) March 6, 2021
Anurag Kashyap and Taapsee Pannu are outspoken critics of the government and have lent their voice to various causes, including continued protests by farmers against the core laws. Recently, Ms Pannu had criticized celebrities ‘show of solidarity towards the government in response to pop star Rihanna’s post calling attention to the farmers’ unrest. The actor scoffed at the rejection and questioned “a tweet” that questions one’s belief.
The raid on properties related to Ms. Pannu and Mr. Kashyap provoked strong reactions from various political sectors. Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik, for example, called the action “an attempt to suppress their voices.” RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav tweeted: “Now the Nazi government is going after social activists, journalists and artists to threaten not to call it everything.”
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