more-inThe Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) will continue to probe the mystery over the missing documents in the gutkha scam even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has formally taken over the investigation focussing more on the corruption angle in the case. Also, the central agency has filed the case against unknown Central/State government officials and others. The DVAC had specifically named 17 lower-level officials/private prisons in the scam. The Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation) B.R. However, when the scam was exposed by The Hindu in June 2017, the State government took a stand that no such report from the Income Tax Department existed on record.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2018 19:28 UTC