<p>Chennai: A sessions court would frame charges on July 22 in a money laundering case against former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested by the ED last year.</p>.<p>Principal Sessions Judge S Alli directed the prosecution to produce the DMK leader in person before the court on that day for framing of charges.</p>.Former Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji appears before city court in ED case.<p>When the case came up for hearing on Thursday, Balaji was produced before the court by the prosecution through video-conferencing from the Central Puzhal Prison here. The judge extended his remand till July 22. Balaji's judicial custody was also extended till July 22.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the judge dismissed a petition filed by Balaji, which sought to discharge him from the case.</p>.<p>The judge also dismissed two other new petitions filed by him. In one petition, he sought to send the "Relied Upon Documents No.16 and 17"-- certain bank challans, to the Tamil Nadu Forensic Sciences Laboratory for ascertaining its genuinity. In the other one, he sought to re-open the arguments in the discharge petition, on his side, which was closed in March this year.</p>.<p>Balaji was arrested on June 14, 2023 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam when he was the Transport Minister during an earlier AIADMK regime.</p>
<p>Chennai: A sessions court would frame charges on July 22 in a money laundering case against former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested by the ED last year.</p>.<p>Principal Sessions Judge S Alli directed the prosecution to produce the DMK leader in person before the court on that day for framing of charges.</p>.Former Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji appears before city court in ED case.<p>When the case came up for hearing on Thursday, Balaji was produced before the court by the prosecution through video-conferencing from the Central Puzhal Prison here. The judge extended his remand till July 22. Balaji's judicial custody was also extended till July 22.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the judge dismissed a petition filed by Balaji, which sought to discharge him from the case.</p>.<p>The judge also dismissed two other new petitions filed by him. In one petition, he sought to send the "Relied Upon Documents No.16 and 17"-- certain bank challans, to the Tamil Nadu Forensic Sciences Laboratory for ascertaining its genuinity. In the other one, he sought to re-open the arguments in the discharge petition, on his side, which was closed in March this year.</p>.<p>Balaji was arrested on June 14, 2023 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam when he was the Transport Minister during an earlier AIADMK regime.</p>