tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji's arrest is right..!?
The madras high court has ruled that the arrest and detention of tamil Nadu minister Senthil balaji by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the case of taking bribes from job aspirants was legal. The madras high court has ruled that the arrest and custody of tamil Nadu minister Senthil balaji by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the case of taking bribes from job aspirants was legal. The petition filed challenging the arrest was heard by the judge. C.V. He said that the arrest of karthikeyan and Senthil balaji by the Enforcement Directorate was correct and justified. Earlier, the two-judge bench of the division bench had given a mixed verdict. Last month, the Enforcement Directorate arrested Senthil balaji on charges of accepting money for employees.
On june 14, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials had taken tamil Nadu minister V Senthil balaji into custody for questioning in a money laundering case. He was the minister of Power, Prohibition, and Excise in the DMK-led tamil Nadu government. Soon after the arrest, Senthil fell ill and was admitted to the hospital. Senthil balaji was the Transport minister in the late J Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK government in 2011-15. At that time, it was reported that he had been arrested in connection with the allegations that he had received kickbacks from various persons for hiring drivers and conductors in the transport corporations. Three FIRs were registered against balaji and later chargesheets were filed against him. Also, criminal cases related to MPs and MLAs were pending in a special court. The supreme court had in May allowed the police and the ED to investigate the case. Senthil, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, was dismissed from the cabinet by the tamil Nadu governor on june 29. After this order the governor caused controversy, the governor later withdrew his order.
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