Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal.
According to National Commission For Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma, Kumar was arrested from CM Kejriwal’s home. “Delhi CM’s aid Bibhav Kumar got arrested from his house. So CM was giving shelter to alleged criminal,” she said in a post on X.
A senior police officer said that Kumar was picked up from the chief minister’s residence by Delhi Police team around noon. He has been taken to the police station for interrogation.
The Delhi Police on Friday took Maliwal to the CM’s residence to recreate the crime scene, an official said, adding that her statement was also recorded before a magistrate at the Tis Hazari court.
In the FIR, Maliwal claimed that Kumar hit her with “full force again and again” and she was “kicked and slapped seven to eight times”. She also alleged that despite telling him that she was menstruating and in pain, he did not budge.
Meanwhile, Kumar has also filed a counter-complaint saying Maliwal breached the security of the CM’s residence, gained access forcibly and unauthorisedly, and created a ruckus there.
When Kumar tried to stop her, she hurled abuses at him with the intent to physically assault him, according to the complaint.
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Swati Maliwal assault case: Delhi Police arrests Bibhav Kumar from CM’s residence
