Swati Maliwal has alleged assault by Bibhav Kumar at CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence
New Delhi:
The CCTV footage of the Could 13 incident, by which AAP MP Swati Maliwal was allegedly assaulted at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, might have been tampered by predominant accused Bibhav Kumar to destroy proof, Delhi Police have mentioned.
In its remand word, police have mentioned a portion of the footage from CCTV cameras on the Chief Minister’s residence is exhibiting clean.
Ms Maliwal took to social media to emphasize this level. Referring to the 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder, she tweeted, “There was a time when he hit the streets to get justice for Nirbhaya. Twelve years later, they’re hitting the streets to avoid wasting an accused who deleted CCTV footage and formatted the cellphone. I want that they had tried so exhausting for Manish Sisodia. If he was right here, possibly one thing so dangerous wouldn’t have occurred to me,” she mentioned. Mr Sisodia, Delhi’s former Deputy Chief Minister, is in jail for over a yr now within the Delhi liquor coverage case.
Police have mentioned they haven’t obtained the Digital Video Recorder in order that they will scan the Could 13 footage as a part of their probe. The CCTV cameras on the Chief Minister’s residence come underneath the purview of the Public Works Division (PWD). A junior engineer from the division has given police one video in a pen drive that was discovered clean, the remand word says. The investigation revealed that the junior engineer doesn’t have entry to the DVR, it provides.
Bibhav Kumar, Chief Minister Kejriwal’s shut aide, has been arrested and remanded in police custody for 5 days.
Delhi Police have mentioned the accused isn’t cooperating within the probe. They’ve mentioned he labored within the influential place of the Chief Minister’s private secretary for 9 years and may tamper proof and affect witnesses. The remand word additionally says Bibhav Kumar was appointed because the Chief Minister’s private secretary in February 2015 and eliminated in April this yr over a 2007 case of obstructing a public servant from working. Police at the moment are probing why he was nonetheless working on the Chief Minister’s residence.
The remand word says assault on an MP is a really severe matter and the assault may have turned deadly. When Bibhav Kumar was questioned in regards to the incident, he was evasive, it provides. The assertion of Ms Maliwal is constant together with her medical report, it says.
The accused’s iPhone 15 has been formatted and must be examined by an information skilled, police have mentioned.
Bibhav Kumar’s counsel Rajiv Mohan has mentioned Ms Maliwal visited the Chief Minister’s residence with out an appointment and that Delhi Police was distorting info. He additionally mentioned she filed the police grievance on Could 16 — three days after the incident.
He mentioned neither did Ms Maliwal search any medical support after calling the emergency helpline, nor did the station home officer put together any medical sheet after assembly her.
The lawyer alleged that Ms Maliwal was politicising the difficulty of getting suffered accidents and giving statements to the media.
In its rebuttal, the Delhi Police counsel mentioned that in accordance with the FIR, Ms Maliwal was “in shock” after the assault and filed a police grievance after recovering.
A Rajya Sabha member and former chief of the Delhi Fee for Girls, Ms Maliwal has alleged that Bibhav Kumar had slapped her a number of occasions and kicked her through the Could 13 incident. AAP MP Sanjay Singh had earlier mentioned the Chief Minister’s aide had misbehaved together with her and that Mr Kejriwal will take strict motion. The AAP has now mentioned the BJP has made Ms Maliwal a part of a conspiracy.
“Anti-Corruption Bureau of the BJP has filed a case in opposition to Swati Maliwal relating to the unlawful recruitment of contractual staff in DCW. A cost sheet has been filed and the time of conviction is coming, we imagine that Swati Maliwal is being included within the conspiracy through the use of this case.” AAP chief and Delhi Minister Atisi informed the media yesterday.
