New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Aam Aadmi Party MLA Jarnail Singh on Thursday filed a defamation case against Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma following a row that erupted when the minister slapped a civilian during a road inspection in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar.
The party MLA sought an apology from Verma for slapping the youth, who was at the time recording him on a phone camera.
"The minister lost his cool after seeing me openly challenging his claims of the road work, and he kicked and slapped a youth in Tilak Nagar. I have filed a defamation case against Minister Verma. He has seven days to respond to why he slapped a youth and apologise," Singh said at a press conference.
Since the episode last week, an FIR has been registered against AAP's Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj and Jarnail Singh, and several party workers, for allegedly assaulting a head constable and obstructing him from discharging his duties.
The police have also filed a non-cognisable report (NCR) against Verma for slapping 22-year-old Sahib Singh during a road inspection last week. Singh sought the third-party audit report, questioning the road's poor condition even a week later.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.