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IT Raids at Rakul Preet Singh, Vashu Bhagnani Properties: Drug Case Link Suspected
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News18•29-09-2026, 08:27
IT Raids at Rakul Preet Singh, Vashu Bhagnani Properties: Drug Case Link Suspected
- •Income Tax Department is conducting raids at 12 locations linked to actress Rakul Preet Singh, producer Vashu Bhagnani, and Panorama Studios.
- •Officials are scrutinizing financial documents, bank details, and cash transactions, focusing on potential overseas money transfers under film production guise.
- •The raids follow a drug case last year involving Rakul Preet Singh's brother, Aman Preet Singh, who was sought by Mumbai Police.
- •In 2022, Rakul Preet Singh's statement was recorded by the ED in connection with a drug and money laundering scandal in Telugu cinema.
- •The current IT searches are reportedly a continuation of these past events, raising questions about their connection to drug-related investigations.
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Income Tax officials conducted simultaneous raids at 12 locations in Mumbai linked to actress Rakul Preet Singh, producer Vashu Bhagnani, and Panorama Studios to investigate potential financial irregularities and whether money was sent abroad under the guise of film production.
In December 2025, Mumbai Police began searching for Rakul Preet Singh's brother, Aman Preet Singh, after the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested two businessmen with cocaine and MDMA, from whom Aman Preet Singh allegedly purchased drugs five times.
Panorama Studios, owned by producer Kumar Mangat Pathak, was among the locations searched by Income Tax officials during the raids.
