HYDERABAD: Income tax sleuths of Hyderabad and Mumbai conducted searches on film producer Madhu Mantena’s premises in Hyderabad on Thursday and Friday.
Sources said searches were conducted on Mantena in connection with jointly-owned firms with director
Anurag Kashyap. Mantena was born in Hyderabad, did his education in the city and later shifted to Mumbai. Residences of the kin of Mantena were also searched.
Searches were also conducted on Phantom Films and Kwan firm.
Mantena is director of 12 firms. Some of them are Phantom Swags LLP, Big Bang Media Ventures Private Limited, Indus Epic Productions LLP, Big Bang Media Private Ltd, Kwan Entertainment and Marketing Solutions Private Limited, Cinergy Pictures, Kwan Securities and Kwan Talent Management Agency Private Ltd.