Pacheco resigned on moral grounds: NCP

NCP today said its minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco resigned from the cabinet on moral grounds after his name was embroiled in the controversy surrounding the death of a 28-year-old woman friend.

The 46-year-old Goa Tourism minister and NCP legislator from Benaulim constituency faxed his resignation letter to Chief Minister’s Office this afternoon, a day after he was quizzed by the Crime Branch in connection with the death of Nadia Torrado.

“Our legislator resigned to protect moral platform. NCP has always wanted that people should know the truth in this case,” NCP national secretary Jitendra Deshprabhu told PTI.

Deshprabhu said Pacheco resigned to give a free hand to the investigating authorities to probe the case.

Nadia, a close friend of the NCP minister, had died on Sunday at Chennai allegedly after consuming rat poison.