The Tamil Nadu MDM Gutkha scam is casting its shadow on more IPS officers. While the involvement of two DGP-rank officers is already being investigated by the State Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on the directions of the Madras High Court, it has come to light that two Joint Commissioners of Police who served in Chennai in 2015-16 had allegedly received payments from the alleged Gutkha manufacturer through a middleman. The book of accounts seized by the Income Tax department in the multi-crore Gutkha scam points to the involvement of accused police officers in illegally facilitating storage, transportation and sale of the tobacco product in Chennai. The documents reveal that bribes were paid on various dates to the State Health Minister, two former Commissioners of Police, two Joint Commissioners of Police and scores of others from various State and Central government departments. The book of accounts reportedly shows that a sum of Rs 92 lakh was paid to an Assistant Commissioner of Police and Rs 65 lakh to two Joint Commissioners of Police between June 6, 2015, and March 21, 2016. This is part of the Rs39.91 crore in total that was paid to officials of various departments. While the demand for a probe by a Special Investigation Team of the Central Bureau of Investigation is pending before the Madras High Court, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption that has registered a case against some low-level officials has reportedly launched an in-depth investigation into the circumstances under which the Income Tax report received by the then Chief Secretary, P. Rama Mohana Rao, went missing. The reports that were handed over to the then Director-General of Police, Ashok Kumar, were reportedly found in the room occupied by V.K. Sasikala, a close aide of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, at Veda Nilayam in Poes Garden.