The lawyer of Sahib Singh , the youth allegedly slapped by Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma during a road inspection in Tilak Nagar, claimed the minister assaulted him after he questioned the quality of road construction and raised allegations of corruption.
Bammi alleged that Verma came to the spot after a video of Sahib Singh raising the issue of the road’s condition affected the minister’s public image. Bammi further alleged that around 14-15 people accompanying Verma then pushed and kicked Sahib Singh.
Advocate Mankan Deep Singh Bammi said Verma “raised his hand and slapped Sahib Singh just because he asked about the corruption in road construction” of a stretch of Outer Ring Road in the Tilak Nagar Assembly constituency, according to news agency ANI. He said Verma summoned AAP MLA Jarnail Singh, who reached the spot along with Sahib Singh. “Jarnail Singh took him straight to the spot where a newly built, wide road was being torn up by a regular guy, layer by layer,” Bammi said. “When Sahib Singh tried to step forward and say something to Pravesh Verma, he was grabbed, held down, and prevented from even talking, which is a criminal offence,” he said.
Earlier reporting noted: NEW DELHI: The man who was slapped by Delhi PWD minister Parvesh Verma during a confrontation over a newly laid road in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri on Sunday was out on bail in a June case registered at Tilak Nagar police station over the alleged assault of an MCD sanitation worker. Following the incident, Delhi Police detained AAP Delhi President Saurabh Bhardwaj, AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar and other party workers during a protest demanding registration of an FIR against Verma.
The lawyer said he called the PCR at Vikas Puri police station but alleged that the investigating officer neither recorded a statement nor took immediate action. Earlier reporting noted: According to the complaint in FIR, registered at Tilak Nagar police station on the complaint of MCD sanitation worker Dhan Bahadur, three-four boys allegedly assaulted him and forcibly took him away on a scooter.
Earlier reporting noted: Man slapped by Delhi minister Parvesh Verma was out on bail in MCD worker abduction, assault case Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma was involved in a confrontation with Sahib Singh over a newly laid road.
