Chennai: A sessions court on Wednesday extended the remand of former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji till June 25.
Senior DMK leader Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 14, 2023 in a money laundering case.
Principal Sessions Judge S Ali, before whom Senthil Balaji was produced by the prosecution through video-conferencing from the Central Puzhal jail here on Wednesday, also extended his judicial custody till June 25.
Originally, the judge had said on June 14 that she would pass the order on Wednesday on the petition filed by Senthil Balaji, seeking his discharge from the case. He had also dismissed three other petitions filed by him.
When the case came up for hearing on Wednesday, Senthil Balaji filed three more petitions. The judge directed the ED to file its counter affidavit on these three petitions.
In a petition, Senthil Balaji sought adjournment of the present proceedings and adjournment of the case to a later date.
In two other petitions, Balaji sought to produce the missing documents in "Reliable Documents Nos.-16 and 17" – copies of counterfoil challans related to his account, which the ED had collected in its investigation.
Balaji was arrested by the ED on June 14 in a money laundering case related to the cash-for-jobs scam when he was the transport minister during the previous AIADMK regime.
Senior DMK leader Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 14, 2023 in a money laundering case.
Principal Sessions Judge S Ali, before whom Senthil Balaji was produced by the prosecution through video-conferencing from the Central Puzhal jail here on Wednesday, also extended his judicial custody till June 25.
Originally, the judge had said on June 14 that she would pass the order on Wednesday on the petition filed by Senthil Balaji, seeking his discharge from the case. He had also dismissed three other petitions filed by him.
When the case came up for hearing on Wednesday, Senthil Balaji filed three more petitions. The judge directed the ED to file its counter affidavit on these three petitions.
In a petition, Senthil Balaji sought adjournment of the present proceedings and adjournment of the case to a later date.
In two other petitions, Balaji sought to produce the missing documents in "Reliable Documents Nos.-16 and 17" – copies of counterfoil challans related to his account, which the ED had collected in its investigation.
Balaji was arrested by the ED on June 14 in a money laundering case related to the cash-for-jobs scam when he was the transport minister during the previous AIADMK regime.
