Hearing on various pleas filed by arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will continue at a local court here on Thursday.
Hearing On Pleas By TN Minister Senthil Balaji, ED To Continue On Thursday
While Balaji, Electricity and Prohibition and Excise Minister, had sought for interim bail and a plea to be shifted to a private hospital for further treatment, the ED had prayed for his police custody.
ED arrests V Senthil Balaji in Chennai
ED arrests V Senthil Balaji in Chennai
While Balaji, Electricity and Prohibition and Excise Minister, had sought for interim bail and a plea to be shifted to a private hospital for further treatment, the ED had prayed for his police custody.
Balaji was arrested early on Wednesday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA),?in a cash-for-jobs scam allegedly involving him when he was the Transport Minister in the AIADMK government between 2011 and 2015.
Balaji was arrested after a long session of questioning. A local court sent him to judicial custody till June 28.
The ED had launched multi-city searches in the state on Tuesday on the premises linked to the DMK's Karur strongman as part of the probe into money laundering.
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