Assault Charge
'He slapped me 7-8 times...brutally dragged me, pulled my shirt up': Swati Maliwal in complaint against Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar
New Delhi/IBNS: AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has claimed she was slapped by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar 7-8 times in a complaint of an assault filed with the police, media reports said.
In the complaint, Maliwal narrated the sequence of events at the Chief Minister's residence where she was waiting in the drawing room to meet Kejriwal.
Maliwal wrote as quoted by media, "I was informed that he (Kejriwal) was present in the house and I was told to wait in the drawing room. I went into the drawing room and sat on the sofa and was waiting for the CM, when suddenly, the PS of the CM, Bibhav Kumar barged into the room.
"He started screaming at me without any provocation and even started abusing me. I was stunned…and I reacted by telling him to stop talking to me like this and to call the CM,"
Maliwal added, "He slapped me seven to eight times at least while I continued screaming…In order to protect me, I pushed him away with my legs. At that time, he pounced on me, brutally dragged me and deliberately pulled my shirt up. My shirt buttons opened and my shirt flew up. I landed on the floor while hitting my head on the centre table…
"Bibhav Kumar did not relent and attacked me by kicking me in my chest, stomach and pelvis areas with his leg… I was in extreme pain and kept asking him to stop… I repeatedly told him that I am having my periods and that he should please let go of me as I am in extreme pain."
#WATCH | AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal leaves from the courtroom at Tis Hazari Court in Delhi. Her statement under Section 164 of the CrPC has been recorded.
— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2024
An FIR was registered in connection with the assault on her yesterday after she filed a complaint with the Police.… pic.twitter.com/RoAslv6mXy
Based on the complaint, a First Information Report has also been filed.
Maliwal was allegedly assaulted by Bibhav Kumar at the Chief Minister's residence in Delhi's Civil Lines area on Monday.
Delhi Police had confirmed they received two calls from an unknown person within Arvind Kejriwal's residence but from a phone number registered to Maliwal alerting them to the harassment.
Maliwal later appeared at a police station in the area but left without filing a complaint.
Maliwal, a former NCW chairperson, recorded her statement with Delhi Police on Thursday. This was hours after the National Commission for Women issued a summons to Kumar.
Kejriwal mum on Maliwal case
Kejriwal gave no reaction when he was asked by a reporter at the joint press conference with other INDIA bloc leaders on Thursday.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, who was sitting right beside Kejriwal, remarked, "There are other more important issues than this to discuss."
Kumar had even accompanied Kejriwal to Lucknow, where the AAP supremo campaigned for the Lok Sabha elections.
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