SRINAGAR-
State Health Minister of Indian-occupied Kashmir has resigned following allegations of sexual harassment of a female doctor.
According to officials, Shabir Ahmed Khan has quit the office after he was alleged to have “made sexual advances” towards a senior gynaecologist.
The doctor alleged the incident happened a few days earlier in the minister’s office.
Reports of the event have caused fury among civil society groups and doctors who have called for a strike on Saturday to protest.
Khan is a member of the Congress party which is in power in the state in alliance with the National Conference party.
In 2006, several top ministers and officials of Kashmir were jailed after some girls revealed in court that they were sexually exploited after they were promised jobs in the government.
Most of the accused are now out on bail and have resumed their positions in the government.
