The Aam Aadmi Party's Goa chief ministerial candidate Elvis Gomes alongwith former minister Nilkant Halankar have been summoned by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in connection with a housing scam. Both the leaders have been asked to appear before the agency by December 27.

ACB officials said that Gomes had implemented orders to sell land to a private builder in 2011.

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Gomes has served as Goa's Inspector General of Prison in the past.

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"In 2011, Elvis Gomes as managing director of the Goa Housing Board chairman allegedly implemented orders to sell 30.256 lakh sq. meter land to a builder in Margao. Nilkant Halankar was the board's chairman at that time," ACB official said.

While announcing Gomes' name as his party's CM candidate AAP's National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had called him a 'gem'.

"Amongst all the AAP candidates, there is a gem. (His name is) Elvis Gomes. He has been in the government service for 20 years but did not make any money through ill means. He has been an honest officer," Kejriwal had said an election rally in South Goa's Cuncolim constituency.

"The people from all religions love him. I propose his name as the next chief minister (candidate) of Goa," Kejriwal said.

Gomes had resigned from the government service where he was serving as Inspector General of Prisons to join AAP.

AAP has already announced that it will be fielding Gomes from Cuncolim constituency which is currently represented by BJP.

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