CHENNAI: The Income Tax department has summoned Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabhaskar, actor- politician R Sarath Kumar and a noted educationist to appear before it here tomorrow in connection with a tax evasion probe."Yes. It is a normal procedure," IT sources told PTI when asked whether the department has issued summons to the three persons including the Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical University, Geethalakshmi.The health minister, meanwhile, said he would appear before the department tomorrow and extend his full cooperation to the probe. "I have received the summons. He is among the key campaigners in the bypoll.Vijayabaskar had slammed the raids by the I-T department saying, "their intentions were not fulfilled. Their intentions are not fulfilled by the raids," he had said.The bypoll to the R K Nagar Constituency has been necessitated due to the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha in December 2016.

Source: Economic Times April 09, 2017 10:41 UTC