Income Tax sleuths raided the houses of several popular South Indian film personalities, including music director A R Rahman, in Chennai on Wednesday.

Apart from the residences of music composers Rahman and Yuvan Sankar Raja, houses of artistes Trisha [Images], Sneha, Vikram and Vijay and film producer Oscar Ravichandran were also raided by the Income Tax officials.

The raids, which began at 08:00 AM, were still continuing, department sources said.