I-T raids on vloggers in Kerala for tax evasion

The Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted raids at the premises of several prominent vloggers in Kerala in the wake of complaints alleging tax evasion.

Sources said, apart from the revenue they got from social media platforms, vloggers were receiving money and other costly items as gifts from their fans and organisers of many events. But, there was no proper accounting for all that and therefore the searches were conducted.

On Thursday, the Valanchery Police in Malappuram district also registered a case against vlogger Nihal, who is known by the name ‘Thoppi’ on social media, for making obscene and abusive remarks during a shop inauguration the other day and for causing a traffic block on the highway.