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Doctor files case against minister’s secretary
MUMBAI: The state government on Monday announced an inquiry into the allegations of misbehaviour against Sunil Mali, personal secretary of public health minister
MUMBAI: The state government on Monday announced an inquiry into the allegations of misbehaviour against Sunil Mali, personal secretary of public health minister Deepak Sawant by a woman doctor. Mali has been sent on compulsory leave.
The 26-year-old doctor from Chalisgaon wrote a letter on June 18 to Sawant and CM Fadnavis seeking action against Mali. She said the incident took place on March 16 around 7pm when she approached Mali at Mantralaya to discuss about a Digital Public Health Centre she had started. “Mali made me sit in an anti-chamber for around two hours and later began asking me personal questions,” she said.
She approached the Marine Drive police station on Monday and filed a molestation complaint against Mali, saying he commented on her clothes, which outraged her modesty. She said Mali should be sacked immediately.
Sujata Sounik, principal secretary of the department, will conduct the inquiry.
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