CBI raids in Tamil Nadu’s DGP house in Gutkha scam

Tamil Nadu’s state police chief and health minister are among the people raided by the CBI today in the gutka scam involving bribes given at the top to skirt a ban on chewing tobacco. CBI teams started searches around 7 am at nearly 40 places in Chennai, among them the homes of state Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar and the Director General of Police, TK Rajendran. Many other senior police officers, including former police commissioner S George, and food safety department officials are being raided.