The Madras High Court on Thursday, June 15, 2023 accepted a request made on behalf of Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthilbalaji’s wife, for an urgent hearing of a habeas corpus petition filed by her accusing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of not having followed due procedure while arresting her husband early on Wednesday.
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Mr. Senthilbalaji was remanded to judicial custody till June 28. His arrest followed 18 hours of investigation, and searches conducted by the ED and his office at the State secretariat as well as premises linked to him, in connection with a money laundering case