Rs 22 Lakh Cash Found In Driver's House After Raids On Arrested Minister
NDTV
The probe agency said it carried out the fresh raids after it got inputs that a close aide of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji "possessed incriminating documents or proceeds of crime and was attempting to hide or transfer them".
Unaccounted-for valuables worth more than Rs 16 lakh and Rs 22 lakh in cash were allegedly recovered from the premises of a driver after fresh searches were conducted against Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji and others in connection with a money laundering probe, the Enforcement Directorate said today.
The searches were undertaken on August 3 in Coimbatore and Karur districts of the state, covering nine locations linked to Mr Balaji, who is currently lodged at Puzhal central jail in Chennai under judicial custody.
Mr Balaji, 47, continues to be a minister without portfolio in the MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 14 in the money-laundering case linked to the alleged cash-for-jobs scam in the state transport department.
