India, March 4 -- The daughter of former Assam chief minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, was caught in the middle of a controversy after a video clip went viral on social media purportedly showing her assaulting a driver.

The video clip shows a man kneeling while Prajoyeeta Kashyap, daughter of former CM Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, allegedly insults him and hits him with a slipper. The video was filmed on the campus of a high-security MLA hostel in Dispur, with several people around Kashyap watching the incident play out.

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former president of the Asom Gana Parishad has been staying in the MLA hostel, despite no longer holding any post as a legislator.

On Monday, Kashyap issued a response saying that the man was a drive...