TN CM MK Stalin Likely To Meet Senthil Balaji At Hospital at 10 am Today

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin is expected to meet state electricity minister Senthil Balaji at a Chennai hospital where he was admitted after he complained of chest pain, following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case. He was arrested after a long session of questioning, official said. He is likely to produced before a special court later where the agency will seek his custody.

TN minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was among the cabinet ministers who visited the hospital. Meanwhile, central paramilitary personnel were posted at the hospital.

The agency had launched multi-city searches in the state on Tuesday at the premises linked to the DMK's Karur strongman as part of the probe into money laundering. The action came months after the Supreme Court allowed a police and ED probe into an alleged cash for jobs scam against him.

The ED had launched searches at locations linked to Balaji at Chennai, Karur and Erode on Tuesday as part of probe into money laundering. Balaji was earlier with the AIADMK and had been Transport Minister in the late Jayalalithaa-led Cabinet.