Karur (Tamil Nadu), Sep 26 (PTI) Supporters of DMK local strongman and former Tamil Nadu minister, V Senthil Balaji, on Thursday celebrated the Supreme Court granting him bail in a money laundering case.

Local DMK workers and Balaji's supporters burst crackers and raised slogans hailing the former minister. Some party workers enthusiastically waved DMK flags.

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The apex court on Thursday granted bail to Balaji, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate last year in connection with a money laundering case.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih put onerous conditions while granting relief.

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Balaji was arrested on June 14 last year by the ED in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged cash-for-jobs scam when he was the transport minister in an earlier AIADMK government.

The ED had on August 12 last year filed a 3,000-page charge sheet against Balaji.

On October 19, the high court had dismissed Balaji's earlier bail plea. A local court has also dismissed his bail petitions thrice.

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