"Cellular text messages are being circulated about the involvement of one of my ministers (in a suicide case). If anyone has any proof they should name the minister," Parsekar told reporters here after the state cabinet meeting.
The chief minister was referring to a text message that has gone viral in the state, which claims that an NRI committed suicide after he found that his wife was involved in an affair with a state cabinet minister.
Goa has 12 cabinet ministers and one of them is a woman.
"If anyone has any document linking the cabinet minister, he should come forward. But circulating such vague messages is bad and serious," said Parsekar.
Responding to a question on another issue, the Chief Minister said his government was not protecting former minister Fransisco Miccky Pacheco, who is currently on the run after being convicted for slapping a government servant.
Parsekar said that law should take it's own course.
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