Enforcement Directorate officials are conducting searches at a palatial house in Karur, which is reportedly being built by Minister Senthil Balaji's brother Ashok Kumar.
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday grilled Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji for the second day, on Tuesday, in connection with a money laundering case at the agency's Chennai office, sources said.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Monday took custody of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji from the Puzhal prison in a money laundering case after a court granted custody to the agency following the dismissal of related petitions by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the pleas of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife challenging the Madras High Court's judgment which held his arrest legal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted raids at the residence and financial office of Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji's personal assistant Shankar in Karur district in connection with its ongoing money laundering investigation.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved it’s order on a plea filed Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife challenging the Madras High Court's judgment order which held legal his arrest by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case.
Earlier on Friday, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate on a plea filed by the Tamil Nadu Minister challenging the Madras High Court's order, which held his arrest by the ED legal in a money laundering case.
The Madras High Court on July 14 held legal the arrest of Balaji by the ED, and subsequent judicial custody granted by a lower court on money laundering charges against him linked to the cash-for-jobs scam.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on July 21 plea of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife challenging the Madras High Court's judgment order which held his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case legal.
The Madras High Court on July 14 held legal the ED’s arrest of Balaji and subsequent judicial custody on money laundering charges linked to the cash-for-jobs scam.
The visit to Delhi comes on the heels of his continuing war of words with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin over the order sacking jailed DMK minister Senthil Balaji from the state cabinet.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister had earlier said that the Governor does not have the right to dismiss any Minister without the state government's directive and his government will proceed legally in the matter.