New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought a status report from the Delhi Police on a plea filed by a man alleging that he was assaulted and slapped by Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma during a road inspection in west Delhi.

The matter was heard by a bench of Justice Sachin Datta, which also took note of the objection raised by the respondent authorities opposing the plea on maintainability grounds.

The petitioner, Sahib Singh, has sought police protection for himself and his family, preservation of CCTV and other electronic evidence, and an independent probe into his allegations against the minister and others.

According to the petition, Singh was accompanying Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh during an inspection of roa...