Loksabha MP Kirit Somaiya also took to Twitter to say that he has acknowledged the video
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A video clip which went viral on social media shows Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik's brother and corporator Kaptan Malik roughing up a few labourers at a roadside work-site on Tuesday.
In the clip, said to be one-and-half months old, Kaptan, corporator from ward 170 in suburban Kurla, can be seen thrashing the labourers and asking them to show the work order. When contacted, Kaptan claimed that the labourers were "illegally" laying fibre cables for Internet network of some private firms along the busy LBS Road in his ward.
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"I saw some labourers laying the cables without permission and told them not to proceed further until they had a work permit. The next day again some labourers turned up to lay the lines without permit," he alleged.
"I again asked them if they had the requisite permission. I also checked with local ward office, which said no permission had been given," he told PTI. The corporator further alleged that the labourers spoke to him "arrogantly", leading to his reaction as seen in the clip.
When contacted for comment, Nawab Malik said, "Action should be taken if a person has done something wrong. Those seen in the video have the right to go to the police. "It does not matter if one is a corporator or brother of a minister. Nobody is above the law," the NCP leader added.
I talked with labour minister Shri Dilip Valse Patil & requested him to order inquiry of the incident, where NCP leader Municipal Corporator Shri Kaptan Malik threatning/beating the contractor's workers/labourers. Also appealed for protection and justice of them @BJP4Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/2FqfeEkc2L
— Kirit Somaiya (@KiritSomaiya) January 14, 2020
I have seen the video, where NCP leader NagarSevak Kaptan Malik ( brother of Minister Nawab Malik) beating the labourers of a road/cable work contractor. Request the Officials to protect the labourers & check the Objective behind the incident @BJP4Maharashtra @Dev_Fadnavis
— Kirit Somaiya (@KiritSomaiya) January 14, 2020
Loksabha MP Kirit Somaiya also took to Twitter to say that he has acknowledged the video and has requested the officials to protect the labourers and check the objective behind the incident.
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