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Indian minister quits over harassment charge

NEW DELHI: A minister in an Indian state government has resigned following allegations by a top woman bureaucrat he harassed her, newspapers reported on Sunday.

Forest Transport Minister Nellalohithadasan Nadar quit office in the southern state of Kerala late on Saturday, The Asian Age and other dailies said.

Nadar was a member of a small centrist party which is a partner in Kerala's communist-led coalition government.

Nalini Netto, an official at the Transport Ministry, accused Nadar of harassment.

"I explained to the authority to whom I submitted my complaint the trauma I had been undergoing," Netto said after the resignation.

"I am happy that they understood my problem. I was confident I would not be denied justice". AFP