India, Oct. 5 -- Actor Rakul Preet Singh has issued a statement regarding reports that the Income Tax Department conducted searches at her addresses over financial irregularities. The actor has called the reports 'malicious and false', saying she has no Benami property, as claimed in some reports.

In a long note Rakul shared on Instagram, the actor addressed some of the news reports about the IT searches at her premises and wrote, "It's heartbreaking to see that there's a growing trend amongst the self-styled online reporters & some mainstream media journalists to sensationalise the news without verifying facts. Let's therefore set the record straight once and for all. The search was not pertaining to me."

The actor added that she has b...