Chennai, June 13 (BPNS)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths who raided the official residence of Tamil Nadu electricity minister, Senthil Balaji on Tuesday morning have now reached the office of the electricity minister in the Tamil Nadu seat of power, the secretariat.
According to the information available, only three office staff are present in the office of Senthil Balaji during the raids at the office. Sources in the Tamil Nadu secretariat told BPNS that the ED team are inspecting certain documents in the office of the minister.
It may be noted that the Income Tax department had conducted marathon raids at the residences of Senthil Balaji and his associates in May 2023. The IT officials were manhandled and physically assaulted leading to the arrest of several people closely connected to his brother Ashok. The department had conducted raids at the residences and offices of several persons who are reportedly close to the minister including some contractors.
The DMK had accused the central government of using agencies like the IT department to avenge opposition leaders. The DMK organizing secretary, R.S. Bharathi said that the central government was acting against the DMK leaders as it was unable to digest the popularity of the DMK and its leaders in Tamil Nadu.
Senthil Balaji is a powerful DMK leader who had switched to the party from the AIADMK. The Minister is in charge of Electricity as well as Prohibition and Excise.
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