Swati Maliwal assault case: Bibhav Kumar sent to three days police custody

Delhi's Tis Hazari Court today sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar to three days police custody. He has been arrested in the Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal assault case. He was in judicial custody till today.

Yesterday, the court had dismissed the bail application of Kumar. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) later said in a statement that he will move to the high court for bail. His anticipatory bail plea filed on May 18 was observed as becoming "infructuous" by the court after his arrest.

Bibhav Kumar was arrested after Maliwal said she was assaulted by him on May 13.


"First I was thrashed brutally by Bibhav. He slapped and kicked me. When I freed myself and called 112, he went outside, called security personnel and started making a video. I was shouting and telling the security that Bibhav has thrashed me brutally," Maliwal claimed earlier.

Later videos from the chief minister's residence from the day of the incident surfaced on social media. One of the video showed Maliwal having an argument with security personnel, while the other showed her walking out of the CM's residence in the Civil Lines.

Maliwal's advocate had earlier told the court that despite the fact that Kumar was in jail, Maliwal was receiving threats. He questioned Kumar's innocence, alleging that Kumar had formatted his phone and deleted the CCTV footage of the incident.