Chennai/IBNS/UNI: A Special Court Friday extended the judicial remand of Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji by three days till August 28 in connection with the money laundering case.

Senthilbalaji, who was arrested on June 14 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the cash for jobs scam, was produced before a Special Court Judge.

Sivakumar attended the proceedings through video conferencing from Puzhal Central Prison.

The judge extended his judicial custody till August 28 and directed the jail authorities to produce him physically on that day for further proceedings.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had allowed the ED to take Senthilbalaji into custody for interrogation.

After obtaining the necessary orders from Principal Sessions Judge S.Alli based on the apex court order, Senthilbalaji was questioned for five days from August 8 to 12.

Though the judicial remand expired on August 8, the PSJ Court granted five days' ED custody of Senthilbalaji following the Supreme Court order.

The ED filed a chargesheet running to 3,000 pages in which only Senthilbalaji was included and submitted documents, material and other evidence pertaining to the case in a sealed huge iron box before the court.

After the perusal of the documents, the PSJ Court transferred the case to the special court for MP/MLAs.