Sonu Sood's house in Mumbai 'surveyed' by Income Tax Department

File image of actor Sonu Sood

The Income Tax Department on September 15 "surveyed" the house of Bollywood actor Sonu Sood in Mumbai.

The IT department officials were conducting the survey at his residence since the morning.

Sood, 48, is one of the prominent Indian film personalities and had drawn nationwide praise amid phase one of the COVID-19 pandemic for his efforts to repatriate migrant workers to their native villages.

Recently, the Delhi government, led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, declared that Sood will be the brand ambassador of the Aam Aadmi Party government's 'Desh ka mentors' programme under which students will be guided in making their career choices.

Following reports of IT Department officials surveying the actor's house in Mumbai, Kejriwal came out in his support.

"There are millions of difficulties on the path of truth, but the truth always wins. With Sonu Sood ji, there are prayers of lakhs of families of India who got Sonu ji''s support in difficult times," he tweeted, tagging a news report of the IT Department action.

With agency inputs