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 further alleged that around 14-15 people accompanying Verma then pushed and kicked Sahib Singh. 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.
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. 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. “But instead of registering an FIR and investigating, the investigating officer didn’t take any statement or take any action,” Bammi said. “We were made to sit at the police station for 1.5 hours, after which the SHO finally filed a 1.5-page-long complaint.”
