2013 ഡിസംബർ 24, ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച

Pained to hear baseless news: Dileep

Kochi: Malayalam actor Dileep on Tuesday said he was pained at hearing "baseless news" about foreign currency being recovered after his house and offices were raided by excise and service tax officials.

"I am a person who has been working hard for the past 18 years and my life is an open book," the the 45-year-old actor said after visiting the office of the central excise department.

He said that after the raids were over, a section of the media went gaga with revelations of foreign currency being recovered from his home and offices.

"Just $350 was found. My brother-in-law had just returned from the U.S. With regards to the cash, I had withdrawn from the bank as construction of my theatre in Chalakudy is going on.

"I showed the records of the cash that was withdrawn. I have paid all what I had to pay till the month of October this year," Dileep said.

A press statement issued by the central excise department on Saturday said the raids were based on intelligence reports that Dileep evaded payment of service tax by hiding details of his remuneration.

"The reason why today it took a long time for me to come out of the office was because since July last year, a new service tax has been levied for the film industry and I had a lot of questions to ask the officials on it as the service tax still lacks clarity.They also had lots of things to ask me and hence the delay took place," said Dileep.

(IANS)


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