<p>A video purportedly showing NCP MLA from Karjat, Suresh Lad allegedly slapping a deputy collector in Maharashtra's Raigad district has gone viral on social media, even as the legislator denied having assaulted the official.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Nationalist Congress Party MLA was caught on camera allegedly slapping Deputy Collector (land acquisition) Abhay Kargutkar, reportedly after a disagreement over compensation to farmers for land acquisition.<br /><br />The incident took place last Thursday during a meeting called by Kargutkar to settle disputes about land acquisition for an oil pipeline.<br /><br />NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik told PTI that the MLA has denied slapping the official.<br />"Why is the official silent? Why hasn't he lodged any police complaint, if he was indeed assaulted," Malik said.<br /><br />The location where the alleged incident took place was not a government office but the premises of a leading corporate house, another NCP leader said.<br /><br />"Maybe that's why the official, who was acting as an agent of that corporate, is keeping mum," he said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, an official said that Kargutkar has lodged a complaint with Palghar District Collector over the alleged assault by NCP MLA.<br /><br />In a letter to the Collector, Kargutkar has said he was assaulted by Lad.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>.<blockquote><p>WATCH: NCP MLA from Karjat, Suresh Lad slaps deputy collector in his office in Raigad(Maharashtra)<a href="https://t.co/9KYa3vrMOi">https://t.co/9KYa3vrMOi</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/765737599923138561">August 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
<p>A video purportedly showing NCP MLA from Karjat, Suresh Lad allegedly slapping a deputy collector in Maharashtra's Raigad district has gone viral on social media, even as the legislator denied having assaulted the official.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Nationalist Congress Party MLA was caught on camera allegedly slapping Deputy Collector (land acquisition) Abhay Kargutkar, reportedly after a disagreement over compensation to farmers for land acquisition.<br /><br />The incident took place last Thursday during a meeting called by Kargutkar to settle disputes about land acquisition for an oil pipeline.<br /><br />NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik told PTI that the MLA has denied slapping the official.<br />"Why is the official silent? Why hasn't he lodged any police complaint, if he was indeed assaulted," Malik said.<br /><br />The location where the alleged incident took place was not a government office but the premises of a leading corporate house, another NCP leader said.<br /><br />"Maybe that's why the official, who was acting as an agent of that corporate, is keeping mum," he said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, an official said that Kargutkar has lodged a complaint with Palghar District Collector over the alleged assault by NCP MLA.<br /><br />In a letter to the Collector, Kargutkar has said he was assaulted by Lad.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>.<blockquote><p>WATCH: NCP MLA from Karjat, Suresh Lad slaps deputy collector in his office in Raigad(Maharashtra)<a href="https://t.co/9KYa3vrMOi">https://t.co/9KYa3vrMOi</a></p>— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/765737599923138561">August 17, 2016</a></blockquote>