Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP) 

Bengaluru, Jan 5: The income tax (IT) officials, who raided residences of leading Kannada film personalities on Thursday, continued with the same on Friday January 4. The IT officials had begun their raids at the residences of sandalwood stars, Puneeth Rajkumar, Shiva Rajkumar, Yash, and Sudeep. Film personalities, Rockline Venkatesh, Vijay Kiringadur and C R Manohar were also raided. The officials reportedly have recovered books of accounts, ledgers, huge amount of cash, gold etc during these raids. 

Residences of some close relatives of these people were also raided, IT officials said. 

In the meantime, fans of Shiva Rajkumar gathered opposite their icon's residence at Manyatha Techpark here on Friday and held protest against the IT raids. Sudeep had guessed on Thursday that the raids could be the fallout of the successes of recent movies, KGF, Natasarvabhouma, and Villain. 

The film personalities raided by the department are known for acting in movies and producing hit movies. Sudeep, who has been hailed for his performances in certain movies and also was a host in Kannada reality show, Bigg Boss, also has been tremendously successful.