A case was today registered against Sunil Mali, personal secretary of Maharashtra Health Minister Deepak Sawant, in connection with sexual harassment of a woman doctor.
The FIR was lodged under sections 354 A (sexual harassment) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC, a police officer said, adding no arrest has been made.
Yesterday, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had directed Principal Secretary, Health, Sujata Saunik, to probe the allegations after the woman doctor sent a written complaint to him.
The 26-year-old doctor alleged that Mali asked her inappropriate and personal questions for around two hours in the minister's ante-chamber in March this year.
She wanted to give a presentation to the minister on her digitised primary health centre (PHC) project at Patonda village in Jalgaon district as she wanted to implement it at other PHCs across the state.
Mali has denied the allegations. Sources in the ministry said yesterday that he had been asked to go on leave.
The woman submitted a written complaint to police yesterday.
