Former AIADMK Minister Rajenthra Bhalaji released from prison

Mr. Bhalaji received a bail order from the Supreme Court on Wednesday

Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 12/01/2022 : For Index : Former Dairy Minister K.T.Rajendra Balaji, The Supreme Court of India has granted 4 weeks interim bail to former AIADMK minister from Tamil Nadu, K.T.Rajenthra Bhalaji. Photo : Jothi Ramalingam .B / The Hindu

Former AIADMK Minister, K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji, was released from the Central Prison in Tiruchi on Thursday morning on bail.

Acting on

a bail order granted by the Supreme Court , the prison authorities released him from judicial custody. A handful of AIADMK cadres were present when he walked out of the prison.

Sources said that the former Minister later proceeded to Virudhunagar.

Mr. Bhalaji was arrested in Karnataka over a job scam case, and produced before a Judicial Magistrate in Virudhunagar on Thursday last. After a few hours of detention in a Madurai prison, he was transferred to the Central Prison in Tiruchi.