1. Senthilbalaji arrest | Minister undergoes surgery; AIADMK holds state-wide protests
Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji, underwent a beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai. During the surgery, four bypass grafts were placed after removing the blocks in blood vessels, and blood flow was restored in these vessels.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court, refused immediate relief to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and left it entirely to the Madras High Court to decide, on June 22, whether Mr. Senthilbalaji’s transfer to a private hospital has thwarted the Central agency’s “right to remand” and interrogate him on money laundering charges connected to a cash-for-jobs scam. The case raises legal questions as to whether an accused can delay police remand on medical grounds and if the time he spends in private care can be counted as “effective custody”.
