All it began with Vishal rendering the support to Vijay starrer Mersal. As we know, Mersal took several pot shots at the new GST system introduced by BJP Government and the film is mired in controversy and then senior BJP leader H Raja’s remarks that he watched Mersal online further irked Vishal to lead the attack in the status of head of the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) and general secretary of South Indian Artists Association (SIAA).
In a counter operation to control Vishal, some of the popular media agencies in Tamil Nadu has put it on headlines that Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence (DGGSTI) raided the premises of Vishal’s film production office to check his past TDS, excise records.
In no time, Joint Director of DGGSTI PVK Rajasekhar issued a press release denying the news on raids and searches.
‘It is to clarify that the officers of DGGSTI have not conducted any such search operations and the news which is being circulated is factually incorrect and false,’ the press release reads.