Panaji: Goa's top mines official has accused an iron ore trading company of forging his signature to secure a loan from a nationalised bank, police said on Friday.

Goa government's mines and geology director Prasanna Acharya has complained to the Crime Branch that the promoters of Seagull Ore Carriers presented a no-objection certificate to the Corporation Bank in Vasco, 35 km from here, to secure a loan running into crores.