CHENNAI: Income Tax sleuths raided the houses of several popular South Indian film personalities, including music director A R Rehman, in the city on Wednesday.

Apart from the residences of music composers Rehman and Yuvan Sankar Raja, the houses of artistes Trisha, Sneha, Vikram and Vijay and film producer Oscar Ravichandran were raided by Income Tax officials. The raids, which began at 8 am, were still continuing, department sources said.

IT Department sources said that special teams from the Chennai region were conducting the raids in the city.