Madras HC rejects bail plea of TN minister

The Madras High Court dismissed the bail petition of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case. Justice G Jayachandran dismissed the bail petition of Senthil Balaji. The judge observed that since the brother of the petitioner was missing and the petitioner was holding the post of a minister without portfolio, he may likely tamper with witnesses. Balaji was arrested on June 14 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked to cash-for-jobs scam when he was the transport minister during the earlier AIADMK regime.