Goa minister loses job for slapping man

Goa Archives and Archaeology Minister Francisco Pacheco, was convicted in an assault case by the supreme court earlier this week .Pacheco today resigned to his post.

A spokesperson for the Chief Minister's Office confirmed that Pacheco submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar in the morning and it was accepted Parsekar had told reporters on Wednesday that it was embarrassing to have a convicted minister in his cabinet.
Pacheco, a legislator from Nuvem, has a series of cases for his involvement  in extortion, assault, bigamy and money laundering. 
He was booked in July 2006 for assaulting Kapil Natekar, a junior engineer in the state power department.
Pacheco, who heads the Goa Vikas Party, was sworn in as minister during a cabinet expansion in November.