Karur, March 6 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Thursday conducted searches at the premises of close aides of senior DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V.Senthilbalaji in Karur and some other locations in the state in connection with alleged money laundering case.
The searches began this morning at the office of M.C.Shankar Anand, a government contractor for Public Works Department (PWD) said to be a close associate of Senthilbalaji at Palaniyappa Nagar, besides the house of M.Subramani, who is running Kongu Mess - a restaurant at Rayanur and Sakthi restaurant owner Sakthivel at Kothai Nagar, both of them were friends of the Minister, police sources said.
About 20 ED officials from Ker...