Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary Bibhav Kumar, accused of assaulting Swati Maliwal, has been detained by the Delhi Police.
The development came hours after Bibhav, in an email to the police, wrote that he was ready to cooperate in the investigation as an FIR had been lodged against him by Maliwal, an AAP Rajya Sabha MP.
A medical examination conducted on Maliwal on Friday evening confirmed that she had bruises over her left leg and her right cheek, according to the medico-legal case (MLC) report. The MLC report was filed after an examination of Maliwal at Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre at AIIMS-Delhi.
The report stated that Maliwal had a bruise of the size of 3×2 centimetre over the “proximal left leg dorsal aspect” and another bruise of the size of 2×2 centimetre over her “right cheek below her right eye”.
In the FIR against Bibhav, Maliwal alleged that she was slapped at least seven to eight times, brutally dragged and kicked in the chest, stomach and pelvis area.
According to the FIR, the incident took place on May 13 at the Civil Lines residence of Chief Minister Kejriwal. Maliwal detailed her experience in the FIR, stating: “I went inside the camp office and called CM’s PS Bibhav Kumar, but I could not go in.
I then sent a message to his mobile number through WhatsApp. However, there was no response. I then entered the residential area through the main door, as I have always done in the past year. Since Bibhav Kumar was not present, I informed the staff to tell the CM I was here to meet him.”
Maliwal was told to wait in the drawing room, where she sat on a sofa. “One of the staff members informed me that the CM was coming to meet me, and suddenly Bibhav Kumar barged into the room.
He started screaming without any provocation and even started abusing me. I was stunned and told him to stop talking to me like that and to call the CM,” she stated.
Bibhav allegedly reacted violently. “He abused me and asked who I was to not listen to him. Without any provocation from my side, he started slapping me with full force. He slapped me at least seven to eight times while I continued screaming for help. To protect myself, I pushed him away with my legs,” Maliwal recounted.
“The situation escalated as Kumar allegedly pounced on me, brutally dragged me and deliberately pulled my shirt up. My shirt buttons opened, and I fell to the floor, hitting my head on the center table. Despite my screams for help, no one came. Kumar continued his assault, kicking me in my chest, stomach, and pelvis area. I was in extreme pain and kept telling him to stop,” she added.
