Named In 'Sex Scandal' In 2019, Goa Minister Milind Naik Resigns

Goa Urban Development Minister Milind Naik resigned from his post, hours after the opposition Congress named him in a sex scandal.

In a statement issued late on Wednesday, the Chief Minister's Office said: "Milind Naik has tendered his resignation as Minister in the government of Goa, to ensure a free and fair probe, which has been accepted and sent to the Hon'ble Governor."??

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Naik submitted his resignation hours after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant returned from a three-day visit to Uttar Pradesh to attend a good governance meet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Earlier in the day, Goa Congress leader Girish Chodankar had accused him of sexual exploitation of a woman from Bihar, an incident dating back to 2019.

The woman, whose husband was working in Goa had met with a fatal accident and she had approached the Minister for official work.

Youth Congress workers had also filed a complaint against Naik at the Women's police station in Panaji and also submitted what they claimed was audio, video and Whatsapp chats between the Minister and the woman as evidence.

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"The minister involved in the sex scandal, Milind Naik, should be sacked and action should be initiated against him. And ministers like Milind Naik, who sexually assault women, should be not be protected," Chodankar had said.

Named publicly

Chodankar said that he was naming the minister publicly as the government had failed to act against Naik, despite sharing all the relevant evidence.

Following Naik's resignation, Goa Chief Minister has taken charge of the portfolios he had held.

The CM also said that the government will conduct an investigation into the allegation.

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Earlier, Sawant had said he would act if the survivor in the alleged scandal files a complaint or if Congress names the minister involved.

Last week, the woman had filed a complaint at a police station at Bihar alleging that Congress is coercing her and trying to defame her.

On Wednesday, she had filed another complaint with the Mormugao police accusing some Congress leaders of extortion, stalking, criminal conspiracy and various sections of the Information Technology Act.

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