The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister Ponmudi’s houses on Monday, according to officials. According to the local police, the ED carried out searches at Ponmudi’s homes in Chennai and Viluppuram. Earlier in June, hours, after minister V Senthil Balaji was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Tamil Nadu minister Ponmudi, termed it a “revengeful act” and claimed that the Centre was doing wrong against states where there is a non-BJP government.
The Enforcement Directorate took Senthil into custody in connection with an alleged money laundering case.