Senthil Balaji was produced by the ED before Principal Sessions Judge S Alli after the 5-day custodial interrogation ended. The ED has also filed a 3,000-page charge sheet against the minister in the money laundering case.
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 Minister for Electricity as well as Prohibition and Excise, Balaji was arrested on June 14 and admitted to a government hospital in Chennai after he complained of chest pains.
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.
Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president K Annamalai took a swipe at the state's ruling DMK, saying that "the money looted by ministers in government" is enough to pay the debts of both Central and state governments.
According to the release, ED initiated the investigation on the basis of three FIRs registered by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) in Chennai, related to the 'Cash for Jobs Scam.
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.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday alleged DMK as the most corrupt party adding that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin did not ask for Senthil Balaji's resignation because he's afraid that Balaji will reveal his secrets.