Video Appears to Show Delhi Minister Strike Man Filming Inspection

A video circulating online appears to show Delhi Public Works Department Minister Parvesh Verma pushing down the phone of a man filming a road inspection in Tilak Nagar and striking him. A security guard then intervenes as the man confronts the minister. The encounter occurred on September 27, during Verma’s visit to inspect a road in the west Delhi neighbourhood. The man, identified as Sahib Singh, said he was recording an exchange involving Verma and Aam Aadmi Party MLA Jarnail Singh when the minister took his phone and struck him. Singh also alleged that security personnel pushed or threatened him. The visible sequence in the circulating video shows the phone being pushed down, a strike and a guard stepping between the men; it does not independently establish Singh’s claims about other members of the group. A report on Singh’s account said he filed a police complaint and provided names of people involved. The supplied reports do not establish the complaint’s status or describe any police action. They also do not provide a full account from Verma.