Gutkha scam: CBI investigates Madhava Rao's involvement, raids godown in Chennai (Video)

Today CBI took Madhava Rao to the Gutkha godown in Sengundram, outskirts of Chennai, to investigate into the gutkha scam. In 2013, the manufacture, storage and sale of chewable forms of tobacco, including gutkha and pan masala, were banned by the Tamil Nadu government. The gutkha scam first surfaced in July 2016 when the income tax investigators raided the godown, offices and residences of Tamil Nadu-based tobacco businessmen over the evasion of taxes worth Rs 250 crore. During the raids at gutkha manufacturer Madhava Rao's home, the income tax department seized a diary that contained a list of names of politicians and senior police officers to whom the gutkha manufacturers allegedly gave the bribes.