ED conducts raids linked to Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji

ED raids 10 locations in Tamil Nadu linked to Minister Senthil Balaji, investigating money laundering.

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00:00News that's coming in from the state of Tamil Nadu at the moment. It's the

00:03Enforcement Directorate that is conducting searches at various locations.

00:08Close to 10 locations are being searched and these are premises linked to Minister

00:13Senthil Balaji. This is a money laundering case that the Enforcement

00:16Directorate at the moment is searching. Enforcement Directorate conducting

00:21searches at close to 10 places. These places have links to Tamil Nadu Minister

00:26Senthil Balaji. It's a money laundering case that the Enforcement Directorate is

00:30at the moment investigating. Some private individuals, a government contractor, they

00:35are also being searched at the moment. So this is simultaneous searches that are

00:39now taking place. It's the Enforcement Directorate which is conducting these

00:43searches at over 10 locations. My colleague Munish Pandey is now joining

00:47me on the story. Munish, from what we understand close to 10 places are being

00:50raided simultaneously by the Enforcement Directorate and these places have links

00:55to the Minister Senthil Balaji.

01:00Given to understand by our sources within the Enforcement Directorate is that almost

01:04one dozen locations have been covered by the Enforcement Directorate and searches

01:08are going on. At this point of time we have no clarity in which case the ED is

01:14conducting searches but what we have been given to understand is that this is

01:17a separate money laundering case in which Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil

01:22Balaji has been named. Remember earlier he was arrested and later on he was

01:27jailed, you know, in a separate money laundering case. The court granted him

01:32bail recently and now ED has lost a separate money laundering case in which

01:37not only Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji but also certain private

01:42individuals, some middlemen and government contractors are also being

01:47searched. The ED claims that this is a very, this is a primary stage of the

01:53investigation. They gathered evidence and based on those evidence they

01:57have acted and that is why these searches are being conducted at various

02:01locations in Tamil Nadu. You know, in some time it is expected that three to

02:07four more locations will also be covered by the Enforcement Directorate because

02:11the searches have just started and later on what we are picking up from our

02:16sources is that to gather more evidence not only Senthil Balaji's premises but

02:20also his close associates, some private individuals and government contractors

02:25will also be searched by the ED. Thank You Muneesh giving us those details.

02:29Muneesh also saying that this is just the beginning we will see more searches

02:34being conducted across the state of Tamil Nadu. So far from what we

02:37understand 10 locations, locations which have links to the Minister Senthil

02:42Balaji are being searched by the Enforcement Directorate in the state of

02:45Tamil Nadu.