The arrest of Kapil Jhaveri, a small-time Bollywood actor and a director of a co-operative society, during a rave party at a North Goa beach village on Sunday, has become a cause of embarrassment for the ruling political establishment in Goa.

After photos of Jhaveri’s meetings with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and state Co-operation Minister Govind Gaude went viral on social media on Monday, Gaude tweeted saying Jhaveri, who has been remanded to five days police custody, had met him after a formal appointment.

“My photo alongside Kapil Jhaveri is made viral with false info. He had sought an appointment to invite me for the inauguration of a branch of a Credit Society. As Minister of Co-operation, I refrain from any act of endorsement. I had refused the invitation on these grounds,” Gaude tweeted.