Amid Swati Maliwal assault case, Delhi police, forensic team reach CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence

In her FIR against Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, Maliwal alleged that she was slapped 7-8 times, “kicked on the chest, stomach and pelvis area”, and threatened with dire consequences.

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal. (Express file photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Teams of Delhi’s North district police and Special Cell arrived at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Civil Lines residence Monday, along with a team of FSL Rohini, to collect evidence and review CCTV footage in the Swati Maliwal assault case.

Earlier today, a video of Maliwal at Kejriwal’s residence, purportedly taken on the day of the alleged assault had gone viral on social media. Maliwal responded to it by demanding a review of the CCTV footage of the room where the incident took place.

In her FIR against Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar, Maliwal alleged that she was slapped 7-8 times, “kicked on the chest, stomach and pelvis area”, and threatened with dire consequences.

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According to the FIR, on May 13, Maliwal visited Kejriwal’s camp office at his Civil Lines residence where she called and messaged Kumar, but couldn’t reach him. As she waited for the CM in the drawing room, Kumar “suddenly barged in, screamed at her without provocation and abused her”, before allegedly assaulting her, it states.

The FIR based on Maliwal’s complaint, recorded on Thursday, three days after the incident, states that as Kumar was not present at the CM’s house, she went inside the residential area “through the main door, as she has always done in the past year”, and told the CM’s staff that she was there to meet him. She was told the CM was “present in the house”, and was asked to wait in the drawing room. A staff member then came and told her that the CM was coming to meet her, the FIR states.

“PS of CM, Bibhav Kumar barged in suddenly… he started screaming without provocation and abused me… he slapped me 7 to 8 times while I continued screaming… I was screaming for help again and again but no one came,” the FIR states.

Maliwal alleged that Kumar threatened her with dire consequences when she dialled the police PCR number, 112. He left the room before coming back with security personnel, who “asked me to leave the premises” at his behest.

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