Kalu Singh Thakur, BJP MLA

Since the entire incident was captured by a CCTV camera, the possibility of employing the oldest trick in the book, denying that the incident ever happened, is ruled out. Thakur has gone with the next best alternative: pointing fingers and playing the victim. He alleges that he, too, was assaulted by the workers and has lodged a police complaint against them. Five of the toll workers have been arrested as a result. When questioned about this, the MLA shows no signs of any regret. “They own the cameras,” he has said, accusatorily, “To make their case, they won’t show what happened to us, only what happened to them.”