India, March 6 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday launched raids at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with a fresh money laundering probe against minister Senthil Balaji and others linked to alleged irregularities in the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation that has a monopoly over liquor trade in the state, people aware of the matter said.

ED teams were searching around 10 locations in Karur and other places. Central Reserve Police Force personnel were accompanying the federal agency's officers.

The Supreme Court granted Balaji bail in September 2024 in a separate money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the recruitment in the state transport department. Balaji was reinstated as the ministe...