I believe Verma would have been 13 years old in 1981 when the couch pic was taken.
But the guy in the couch pic is sohale Siddiqui and it is documented in several news articles, now what his name was changed to later or where he went I don’t know.
As of 2016, he was living in Seattle, the same as he was in 2008.
"To help his old friend, Obama gave Siddiqi a job reference. Siddiqi is a recovering drug addict and now works for a community theater in Seattle. Siddiqi is a strong Obama supporter. On his phone message he says, 'My name is Hal Siddiqi, and I approve of this message. Vote for peace, vote for hope, vote for change and vote for Obama.'" --Article in metapedia from 2016