The AIADMK on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 defended the arrest of Electricity, Prohibition and Excise Minister V. Senthilbalaji in a money-laundering case on the grounds that the move was carried out only on the direction of the Supreme Court.
To get today’s top stories from the State in your inbox, subscribe to our Tamil Nadu Today newsletter here
The party’s Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and former Law Minister, C.Ve. Shanmugam, cited the order of the Supreme Court in May, which paved the way for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to resume proceedings of the case.