Swati Maliwal assault case: Delhi court sends Bibhav Kumar to 5-day police custody | Updates

A Delhi court on Saturday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar to five days in police custody in connection with the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal. The Delhi Police arrested Kumar earlier in the day and his anticipatory bail plea was subsequently observed as becoming "infructuous" by a Delhi court. Kumar was later produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal who sent him to five- day police custody.

Bibhav Kumar's lawyer Rajeev Mohan in Delhi Court

• The incident happened on May 13 and the FIR was registered on May 16 but no clarification was given for this. No record has been given as to when she (Swati Maliwal) went to the Chief Minister's residence. 
• She went to the chief minister's residence on her own will, not on anyone's call. There is no mention of when she went to CM's house before May 13, and also what was the purpose of going?
• It's election time, the CM is busy, has has got interim bail for a limited time. 
• The time when she went to the Chief Minister's residence was not the official time to meet anyone. She did not go to the Chief Minister's office but went to his residence, and sat on the sofa in the drawing room.
• Delhi Police responds immediately the 112 calls, but based on what was told to Delhi Police on the call, FIR was not registered immediately. 
• If someone gets hurt, he immediately seeks medical help from the police and is taken to the hospital, in this case they didn't wait for police.
• It's not possible that there is no response to the call of 112 in Civil Lines area and it goes blank because the Chief Minister's residence and LG's office are there.
• If someone who was beaten so much that she could have died does not take any medical treatment, how can this happen?
• The CCTV camera of CM office is under the control of Delhi Police.
• Delhi Police lawyer raised objection and saying CCTV camera is under PWD.
• She met the SHO but if there was a deep injury on her body then why did the SHO not seek any medical sheet.

Delhi Police in Tis Hazari Court on why it wants 7-day custody of Bibhav Kumar

• Bibhav Kumar's phone has to be opened. Apps are password-protected. He hasn’t disclosed those passwords. We need his presence to open the phone.
• He formatted the phone in Mumbai. We have to take him to Mumbai.
• He has already been terminated. He has no official order to work for the chief minister. CM office is a sensitive area. We have to see if he has a connection with anti-social elements.
• We need to know why he assaulted Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.
• We asked for the DVR, that was provided in a pen drive... Footage was found to be blank. An iPhone has been given to the Police, but now the accused is not sharing the password. The phone has been formatted.

Delhi Police personnel on Saturday reached the residence of AAP MP Swati Maliwal, as probe underway in alleged assault case.

Arrested former Personal Secretary (PA) of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Bibhav Kumar being brought to Tis Hazari Court.

"One corrupt CM (Arvind Kejriwal) held a press conference today but he did not utter a single word for his friend and female MP working with him for the past 20 years. This tells you that Arvind Kejriwal is living with many crimes," said Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva

Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava, representing Delhi Police, reaches Tis Hazari Court for hearing. Bibhav Kumar is being produced in the court.

Bibhav Kumar has been taken to Aruna Asaf Ali Government Hospital for a medical test.

On the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, his father Maheshwar Rai says, "This is injustice. My son is a simple man... There is BJP Government in power, it can do whatever it wants...They are telling him to abandon Arvind Kejriwal, then he will not be harmed. But he has been with Kejriwal for the last 15 years, but I have never heard any complaint against him... I spoke with him over phone, he told me that he was having his breakfast and she (Swati Maliwal) came to do something big. Guards stopped her and he went there. Guards removed her from there. He didn't touch her even once. He only told her that he won't let her meet Kejriwal without asking him. Hearing this, she got angry and threatened him..."

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Kejriwal's statement that he will march to BJP headquarters tomorrow with AAP MP, MLAs, says, "An arrest is made by investigation agencies, not the BJP. Sending one to jail or granting bail is the work of the court. If he thinks that he will assault Swati Maliwal and the law won't say anything then I think they are not only mentally bankrupt but also facing character bankruptcy... PM Modi has zero tolerance towards crime. If you assault a woman, then you will be punished."

The anticipatory bail plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal, has become infructuous as he has been arrested, a Delhi court observed on Saturday.

Senior advocate N Hariharan, who argued for Bibhav Kumar in Delhi court, said, "I have argued that there is no case and it is a case for interim bail... I have made a pitch for anticipatory bail because what is seen in the CCTV footage and coverage is not borne by the statement which is belated for a period of three days. The order has been reserved for today."

Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva has reacted to Arvind Kejriwal's statement that he will lead march to BJP headquarters tomorrow and said, "Stop doing this drama. We are asking you just one thing - you did not break your silence even 6 days after your woman MP was beaten up at your residence... Tell us who is responsible for the misbehaviour with the woman MP. Why have you not broken your silence over it?"

Arvind Kejriwal in a video address, amid the row over Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal's alleged assault case, on Saturday alleged that the BJP government wants to put all the AAP leaders in jail.

Lashing out at the Centre, Kejriwal said, "The PM is playing game of 'jail and jail'. I, along with all my top leaders, including MLAs and MPs, will come to the BJP headquarters at 12 pm tomorrow. You can put all of us in jail. Do you think you would be able to crush the AAP after sending everyone to jail? That's not possible as the AAP is an idea."

However, the Delhi Chief Minister did not speak about Swami Maliwals' alleged assault case. 

The Tis Hazari court on Saturday reserved its order in anticipatory bail matter of Arvind Kejriwal's aide, Bibhav Kumar.

Congress leader Pawan Khera, while speaking on Swati Maliwal's alleged assault case, said that the incident should be probed properly.

Delhi Police is questioning Bibhav Kumar about the role of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in assault case. On May 13, whether the CM was present in the house, what was his response, these questions were answered by Bibhav. Did the CM give any instructions to Bibhav?.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal, officials said. Kumar was picked up from the chief minister's residence by a Delhi Police team around noon, a senior police officer said. He has been taken to the police station for interrogation. Maliwal has alleged that Kumar assaulted her at Kejriwal's residence on May 13 when she had gone to meet the chief minister.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar was detained on Saturday in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal, officials said. Kumar was picked up from the chief minister's residence by a Delhi Police team around noon, a senior police officer said. He has been taken to the police station for interrogation.

AAP MP Swati Maliwal, who was allegedly assaulted by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's personal aide Bibhav Kumar, has bruises over her left leg dorsal and right cheek, according to her medical report. This comes as Maliwal filed an FIR against Kumar for assaulting her at CM's residence on Monday. 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". Maliwal's medical examination was conducted on Friday. According to her medico-legal certificate (MLC) from AIIMS, Maliwal has "bruises over proximal left leg dorsal aspect of approx size 3x2 cm and right cheek elbow below right eye of approx size 2x2 cm".