The Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) police on Thursday told the Madras High Court that it had conducted a detailed investigation into a cash for jobs case registered against Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthilbalaji in 2017 and collected sufficient evidence to prove his involvement in the crime.
In an application filed before Justice V. Sivagnanam for vacating the stay granted on the trial court proceedings in the case, the CCB said it had examined 21 witnesses in one of the three cases booked on similar charges of cheating gullible job seekers and collected materials indicating his culpability.
The charge against the Minister, his brother and personal assistant was that they had collected several lakh rupees from many individuals on the promise of obtaining them government jobs as drivers, conductors and technicians in State transport corporations when he was Transport Minister in Jayalalithaa’s Cabinet in 2014.
