A CBI court on Monday granted the investigating agency four-day custody of the five accused arrested in the multi-crore gutka scam. Special judge Thiruneela Prasad passed the order while allowing a petition from the agency, seeking custody of the accused, who were arrested on September 6.

The five are P Senthil Murugan of Food Safety and Drug Administration Department, N K Pandian, a superintendent of the Central Excise Department and promoters of the banned gutka business, A V Madhava Rao, Uma Shankar Gupta and P V Srinivasa Rao.