Assault on Swati Maliwal: police team visits Kejriwal's residence
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New Delhi: In the case of alleged assault on Aam Aadmi Party MP Swati Maliwal, a Delhi Police team reached the official residence of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal's residence on Sunday, PTI reported.
They said the police team collected electronic devices, including CCTV DVR (digital video recorder), to potentially get the footage of the alleged assault on Maliwal on May 13 when Bibhav Kumar, Mr Kejriwal's close aide, allegedly attacked her at the CM's residence.
Maliwal has alleged that the CCTV footage of the CM's residence was being tampered with.
Kumar was arrested on Saturday and produced in a court, which remanded him in five-day police custody. The sources said Kumar is evasive in his replies during his interrogation.
The Delhi Police booked Mr Kumar for molestation and attempted culpable homicide after Ms Maliwal's complaint.
The FIR includes charges under sections 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 341 (wrongful restraint), 354(B) (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 509 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code at the Civil Lines police station.
The AAP chief made the protest call on Saturday following the arrest of his personal secretary, Bibhav Kumar, in the Swati Maliwal assault case. Kejriwal, who is out on bail in the Delhi liquor policy case, claimed that the BJP is targeting Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha and Delhi Ministers Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi.
Maliwal, a Rajya Sabha MP, alleged that Kumar had kicked her in the chest, stomach, and pelvic area and "dragged her and pulled her shirt up" inside the Chief Minister's residence.