New Delhi. Tis Hazari Court has given 5 days police remand to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s PA Vibhav Kumar. Delhi Police had sought 7 days remand of Vibhav Kumar. Earlier, the court had rejected the anticipatory bail application of Vibhav Kumar. Vibhav Kumar has been accused of assault by Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.
[Swati Maliwal assault case]
Delhi court remands Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar to 5 days Delhi Police custody.
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Meanwhile, Vibhav Kumar’s father Maheshwar Rai told the media that his son has been with Arvind Kejriwal for 15 years. He never heard any complaint against Vibhav Kumar. Describing his son’s arrest as injustice, Maheshwar Rai also claimed that BJP was continuously asking Vibhav to leave Kejriwal’s side. Maheshwar Rai said that BJP is in power. She can do whatever she wants. BJP is asking Vibhav Kumar to leave Kejriwal’s side. Then there will be no harm. Maheshwar Rai also said that he had talked to Vibhav after the incident. Vibhav told that he was having breakfast and Swati Maliwal had come to do something big. Vibhav did not touch Swati even once.
Actually, Swati Maliwal has complained to the police that on May 13, she had gone to meet Arvind Kejriwal at his residence. First he called and messaged Vibhav, which did not get any response. After this she sat in the drawing room and suddenly Vibhav Kumar came there and started beating her. On this statement of Swati Maliwal, Aam Aadmi Party leaders are saying that at the behest of BJP, she wanted to implicate Kejriwal. When Kejriwal was not found, Vibhav was implicated in a false case. However, on May 14, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh had said in a press conference that Vibhav Kumar had misbehaved with Swati Maliwal and Arvind Kejriwal was going to take strict action in this matter. A day after this, Arvind Kejriwal and Vibhav Kumar were seen together in Lucknow. After which Swati Maliwal had given a written complaint to the police.