ED gives Senthil Balaji 200-page questionnaire to fill
Tamil Nadu minister without portfolio, Senthil Balaji who is in judicial custody after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 14 in a money laundering case, is now being questioned by the probe agency.
He has been given a 200-page questionnaire to fill out. The probe officials will question him regarding the case.
However, the minister will be given rest at regular intervals as he had undergone coronary bypass surgery after his arrest and is admitted to the hospital at the Puzhal central prison in Chennai.
Notably, the minister was in charge of the Power and Excise departments and after the arrest, he is devoid of power. Chief Minister M K Stalin has, however, retained him as the minister in the cabinet but without a portfolio.
Balaji was arrested in a case related to a job for cash while he was serving as a minister in the Jayalalithaa cabinet.
The ED has charged that the minister and his accomplices had taken money from gullible job seekers and promised them jobs in the state transport department.
The Supreme Court upheld Balaji’s arrest and allowed the ED to question him for five days from August 8 till August 12.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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