India, April 5 -- Actor-director Prithviraj Sukumaran has been issued a notice from the Income Tax Department after the recent Enforcement Directorate raids on the office of L2 Empuraan producer Gokulam Gopalan. A TNIE report states that the notice seeks clarification on his earnings from three 2022 films he acted in and co-produced. (Also Read: L2 Empuraan controversy reaches Parliament; Suresh Gopi says team was 'never pressured' to make 24 cuts)

IT officials said the notice was system-generated and sent to Prithviraj via email on March 29. The notice is automatically triggered when discrepancies or queries are identified during routine income tax assessments. The actor-director has been asked to provide an explanation by April 29.

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