The employee, Subhash Rotti, claimed that he had refused an illegal favour to the MLA. Enraged by this, the MLA assaulted him. Patil, however, alleged that Rotti was cooking up a story after using unparliamentary language. Patil told Deccan Herald that Rotti demands bribe from people and is involved in illegal activities.

Rotti had demanded Rs 50,000 from one of his supporters and had not done the work for more than a week. When he sought explanation on Thursday, the employee claimed that the work was illegal. I got angry and pushed him, he stated.