A video purportedly showing Nationalist Congress Party legislator 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.

It is believed that Deputy Collector (land acquisition) Abhay Kargutkar was allegedly slapped after a disagreement over compensation to farmers for land acquisition.

The incident took place last Thursday during a meeting called by Kargutkar to settle disputes about land acquisition for an oil pipeline.