ED arrests TN Minister Senthil Balaji under anti-money laundering act
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), official sources said.
He was arrested after a long session of questioning, they said, even as the minister was admitted to a city government hospital after he complained of uneasiness.
He is likely to produced before a special court later where the agency will seek his custody.
The agency had launched multi-city searches in the state on Tuesday at the premises linked to the DMK’s Karur strongman as part of the probe into money laundering.
