A charge sheet was filed against Dhaya, the promoter of a once-prominent film production firm, for his alleged failure to remit tax collected from his staff.

 

Besides him, his sister is also facing heat from the I-T department, after a non-bailable warrant was issued against her for not filing returns in the last few years.

According to a senior Income Tax official, charges were framed by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Economic Offence II Court against Cloud Nine Movies, represented by Dayanidhi Alagiri, in connection with a case of non-payment of tax deducted at source (TDS) deducted from the employees to the I-T department within the stipulated time.

 

M Sheela, special public prosecutor representing the department, said the charge was framed in the court in the case that was filed in 2016.

Within a very short span of time since its launch, the firm was among the leading names in Tamil film industry – this was at a time when the DMK was in power and M Karunanidhi was the chief minister.

 

However, ever since the regime change in 2011 which reduced the party’s clout over the film industry, the company has remained almost inactive.

In another development, the same court has issued arrest warrant on Wednesday against his sister Anjugaselvi, as she failed to appear before the court despite many summons in a case for not filing I-T returns for the last many years.  The case was filed by the investigation wing of the Income Tax department in 2018, sources said.

Tirupathi Kumar Khemka, a senior executive of NEPC group, was awarded five-year jail term by an economic offences court in Egmore for wilfully evading payment of taxes and interest. Special prosecutor N Baskaran, who appeared for the department, noted that Khemka had failed to disclose income from shares with a view to evade payment of taxes and interest. The case was registered against the him in 2007.