Reiterating that Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji was tortured by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) due to political vendetta, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday, June 15, 2023, warned the BJP that it would not be able to bear the consequences if it provoked the DMK and its party cadre.
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Mr. Senthilbalaji who was arrested early on the morning of June 14, 2023, has been remanded to judicial custody till June 28. His arrest followed 18 hours of investigation, and searches conducted by the ED at his office at the State secretariat as well as premises linked to him, in connection with a money laundering case. He was subsequently admitted to the Government Multi Super-Specialty Hospital, Omandurar, where he underwent a coronary angiogram and was advised surgery at the earliest.
