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After the Madras high court directed the CBI to take over the case, it registered an FIR which named only unknown officials as accused. The DVAC has maintained a copy of the documents in the case, the sources added.The FIR registered by the DVAC is crucial because it includes names of state government officials who have been booked in the case. There have been seizures from trains at Chennai Egmore, Dindigul and Madurai stations. The issue was raised in the assembly by the DMK and led to seizures of gutka across the state.TOI reported how gutka is brought to the state from Delhi by illegaly detaining trains at select stations for periods longer than the usual halts. CHENNAI: In a twist in the gutka scam case, now transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption has told the Enforcement Directorate that it cannot hand over a copy of the original FIR filed in the case.The DVAC told ED officials that it had already given the FIR and the supporting case files to CBI and that they could get it directly from that agency, sources said..