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PWD Engineer Files Complaint Against AAP MLA Jarnail Singh Amid Road Row
- •A PWD assistant engineer and a construction company official have filed police complaints against AAP Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh and his supporters.
- •The complaints stem from a political row over a Delhi road inspection.
- •Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma and Jarnail Singh previously clashed over the quality of road construction.
- •Verma alleged PWD engineers were pressured over the project, while AAP challenged his account.
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The Delhi PWD and a private contractor filed a police complaint against AAP MLA Jarnail Singh alleging constant acts of interference, undue pressure regarding illegal demands, and threats of serious consequences made by his supporters. The complaint also claimed that the MLA and a mob used broken road material to attack the minister and throw debris onto his car during an inspection.
The political row escalated following a Delhi road inspection where Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma and Jarnail Singh clashed over the quality of road construction in the Tilak Nagar area. Verma alleged that PWD engineers were pressured over the project, while AAP challenged the minister's account and demanded his resignation after a member of their social media team was allegedly slapped by the minister.
According to the PWD assistant engineer's complaint, Jarnail Singh arrived at an official inspection on September 27 with about 50 persons who threatened officials with death and serious consequences. Additionally, the complaint stated that the MLA and his associates had previously arrived at a PWD work site intoxicated on September 24, hurling foul abuses and subjecting working personnel to severe verbal abuse.
