Panaji, March 28 A Goa BJP leader said on Saturday that a 20-year-old man recently arrested in the state in connection with an alleged sex scandal and his politician father had no connection with the saffron party.
Senior leader Siddharth Gauns Desai said that he himself had demanded the arrest of the accused.
Soham Naik, son of Curchorem municipal councilor Sushant Naik, was arrested on March 22 for allegedly raping several girls and circulating their obscene videos.
Desai said that neither Sushant Naik nor Soham were associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party, as reported by a section of the media.
"Municipal council elections are not fought on party symbols," he said, adding that Sushant Naik was not even a primary member of the BJP.
When the news about minors being victims in the case came out, he led a protest march to the Curchorem police station, he further said.
"We insisted that the accused be arrested, and we continued the protest until it happened," said Desai, chairperson of the South Goa Zilla Panchayat.
Soham Desai is currently in police custody.