ED finds Rs 22 lakh cash, valuables from driver’s house after raids against TN minister Senthil Balaji

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has revealed it uncovered Rs 22 lakh in cash and unaccounted valuables worth Rs 16 lakh during searches of premises linked to a driver in Tamil Nadu, as part of an ongoing probe into alleged money laundering by V Senthil Balaji and his associates. Balaji, a minister without portfolio in the Tamil Nadu government and a close confidant of the state head, was arrested in June in the money laundering case linked to the alleged cash-for-jobs scam in the state transport department.