Verma performs all manner of the risqué and ridiculous on his YouTube channel The Crazy Sumit. There's “Taking Girls Phone Number (Wasting There Phone Balance) PRANK,” “What A Girl Want In A Guy (Tips For Boys)” and, most recently, the “Funniest Indian YouTube Prank of 2017.” In that video, Verma can be seen lurking near random women before running toward them and kissing them, sometimes on the lips. He then runs away. Sometimes, he'll also stick a plate of whipped cream in the face of the women's friends.

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Verma has since taken the video down, but you can see clips here, starting at the :20 mark:

And here:

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Here's a particularly upsetting segment of a woman who runs after Verma before stopping and covering her face with her hands:

Soon after Verma published his video, he faced an angry backlash from the victims and others. On twitter, viewers observed that it was less a joke than a form of molestation, something that should be punished by the police.

Verma responded by quickly removing the video from his YouTube channel — he's followed by more than 150,000 people. And he issued an apology on Instagram:

Commenters weren't quick to forgive. “Imagine your mother or sister in place of those innocent women,” wrote one follower. “This is sexual assault. You just filmed yourself sexually assaulting women and put it up on YouTube. How do you think that's gonna play out in court? And you WILL go to court. Prepare to get served,” another said.

The Delhi police said that they will investigate the incident, and they've asked Verma's alleged victims to come forward and file a complaint.