Chennai, Jan 19 (Inditop.com) Officials of the Income Tax (IT) Department Tuesday searched the houses of Tamil film actors and directors, officials said.

Based on a tip-off that leading actors have undeclared income, tax officials conducted searches at the residences of actors Surya and Vadivelu and directors K.S. Ravikumar and Murugadas.

Income tax officials in Madurai region searched Vadivelu’s house there.