The Madras High Court dismissed the bail application filed by former DMK minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested last year by the Enforcement Directorate in a case of money laundering.
The Court allowed the lawyer to sit on an indefinite fast at the Rajarathinam Stadium in Egmore, on the condition that there would be no law and order problems or instances of violence due to such fast.
Santhan, a Sri Lankan national, was released in November 2022 following an order of the Supreme Court but has stayed on in a detention camp in Tamil Nadu since he does not have a valid passport.