New Delhi police
The Delhi Police has written to the company that has installed CCTVs at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s after place to take footage of the incident in which party MP Swati Maliwal was allegedly assaulted at the Chief Minister’s house, sources said. All CCTV footage related to the incident will be scrutinized by the police, sources added. after There are eight CCTV cameras installed outside Kejriwal’s house.
Around 10 police teams are investigating the entire matter, out of which four teams are trying to find out the accused, Kejriwal’s personal secretary, Bibhav Kumar’s location. As per available information, Bibhav Kumar is in Punjab. Police teams from the North District and other teams have started investigating the case, sources said. At first, the police will make a timeline of the incident, following which the police will establish the complete sequence of the day when Maliwal was assaulted.
FIR AGAINST Bibhav Kumar
Delhi Police filed an FIR at the Civil Lines police station on Thursday in connection with the alleged assault on the AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP a few days ago. before She claimed that she was assaulted by Chief Minister Arvind Kejirwal’s personal secretary, Bibhav Kumar. The police will now have her statement recorded before a magistrate under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Under Section 164, a magistrate can record a person’s statement or confession during a police investigation before the trial. Maliwal had made a PCR call from the Chief Minister’s House at 9.34 pm on May 13
“I felt absolutely shocked and was screaming for help over and over again. In order to protect myself, I pushed him away with my legs. At that time, he pounced on me, brutally dragged and deliberately pulled my shirt up,” the FIR reads. “Bibhav Kumar did not relent and attacked me by kicking me in my chest, stomach and pelvis area with his legs.”
Ms Maliwal added in her complaint that she managed to run out of the house and call the police.
“I was in a terrible state of shock at this attack. I was deeply and called the 112 number and reported the incident,” Mr Maliwal stated in the FIR after.
When the security personnel arrived, instead of assisting Ms Maliwal, they allegedly followed Mr Kumar’s instruction to throw her out. Despite her condition, she was forced to leave and wait outside the Chief Minister’s residence until the police arrived.
“Bibhav came back with the security personnel working at the main gate. I kept telling them that I was brutally beaten up and they should look at my condition and wait until the police comes but they asked me to leave the premises,” Ms Maliwal’s statement reads.
CCTV FOOTAGE DELETE
Late last night, Delhi Police escorted Ms Maliwal to the AIIMS Trauma Centre for a medical checkup. When the police reached Mr Kumar’s residence in the Chandrawal Nagar area of the national capital, he was missing. Teams from the Crime Branch and Special Cell are looking for Mr Kumar, aiming to bring him into custody.
The Delhi Police registered an FIR under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code, including assault or criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, criminal intimidation, insulting modesty, and assault. The FIR was filed after Ms Maliwal’s statement was recorded by a police team led by Additional Commissioner PS Kushwaha.The National Commission for Women (NCW) has stepped into the controversy, summoning Mr Kumar for a hearing today.
Following the police visit, Ms Maliwal posted on social media about the distressing experience and appealed against politicising the issue.
“What happened to me was very bad. I have given my statement to the police on the incident that happened to me. I hope that appropriate action will be taken. The last few days have been very difficult for me. I thank those who prayed for me. Those who tried to do character assassination said that I was doing it on the instructions of a party. May God keep them happy too. An important election is underway in the country. Swati Maliwal is not important, the issues of the country are important. There is a special request to the BJP to not do politics on this incident,” Ms Maliwal posted last night.