Tamil Nadu minister for electrical energy, excise and prohibition Senthil Balaji broke down after being taken into custody by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers in reference to a cash laundering case within the wee hours of Wednesday. High drama was witnessed outdoors a authorities hospital in Chennai the place Balaji was introduced for medical examination.

The minister was seen crying in ache whereas mendacity in a automotive as his supporters gathered there to protest in opposition to the ED motion.

“I saw him (Senthil Balaji) when he was shifted to ICU. Doctors are evaluating his health condition. It is a procedure when a person says he has been assaulted the doctor needs to note down all the injuries and will know after seeing the report. Officially we have not been informed (by ED) that he has been arrested,” DMK MP and lawyer NR Elango mentioned.

DMK minister Udhayanidhi Stalin mentioned, “Senthil Balaji is undergoing treatment.”

“We will deal with it legally. We are not afraid of the threatening politics of the BJP-led central government,” he added.

Balaji was dropped at the Omandurar authorities hospital for medical examination after the central investigative company took him into custody for questioning within the cash laundering case. DMK leaders alleged that Balaji did not appear aware when he was taken to the hospital by ED.

A staff of Rapid Action Force (RAF) was deployed on the hospital as his supporters gathered there to protest the ED’s motion.

The ED officers on Tuesday raided the minister’s official residence in Chennai and his workplace within the state secretariat in addition to the premises in his native Karur and Erode. The case in opposition to Balaji pertains to allegations when he was the transport minister in the course of the AIADMK-led authorities from 2011 to 2015 earlier than he switched to the DMK.