ED raids Tamil Nadu electricity minister Senthil Balaji's residence
The Supreme Court had last month allowed police and ED to probe into an alleged cash-for-jobs scam against Balaji, who also holds the Prohibition and Excise portfolio. FILE - Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji. CHENNAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is carrying out searches at the premises of V Senthil Balaji, Tamil Nadu minister for electricity, prohibition and excise in Chennai and Karur from this morning. The ED team is also raiding the minister’s brother’s house in Karur. The Supreme Court had last month allowed police and ED to probe into an alleged cash-for-jobs scam against Balaji, who also holds the Prohibition and Excise portfolio. Senthil Balaji was the transport minister in the AIADMK government, led by the late J Jayalalithaa, during the period 2011–15. There were complaints against him, in which it was alleged he had received huge amounts as bribes from various persons for appointing them as drivers and conductors in the transport corporations. In ...