Amid the political free-for-all between the ruling AAP and the BJP over the alleged assault on Rajya Sabha MP and former DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal; the accused former personal secretary of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Bibhav Kumar, was arrested on Friday, Delhi Police confirmed.
"This is a serious offence which should not have happened. Any person, whether Minister or not, does not have the right to assault a woman, regardless of the fact she is an MP, MLA or not," Chowdhury said speaking at a press conference on Friday.
As the probe intensified in the Swati Maliwal assault case, as per sources Delhi Police Forensic Science Laboratory team reached Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence and collected a dump of CCTV cameras.
Piyush Goyal lashed out at Arvind Kejriwal over the issue of AAP MP Swati Maliwal's allegations that she was assaulted inside Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's house by the latter's personal secretary, Bibhav Kumar.
"First of all, the Aam Aadmi Party is a party built on the foundation of lies and its credibility is not zero, it is in minus. Kejriwal has been exposed infront of the people of Delhi. He used to say that he would not enter politics, not contest elections, not take the bungalow or convoy,
The development comes at a time when Maliwal, who is the Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha MP alleged on Friday that the CCTV cameras installed at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence were being tampered with.
Taking to the microblogging site X on Friday evening, Swati Maliwal, the former chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) said, "I have received information that now these people are tampering with the CCTV of the house."
BJP leader Radhika Khera on Friday criticised the Aam Aadmi Party over the Swati Maliwal assault case, calling both AAP and Congress anti-women parties.
In a dramatic turn of events, Bibhav Kumar, the Personal Assistant of CM Arvind Kejriwal has filed a written complaint against Swati Maliwal, alleging unauthorized entry, verbal abuse, and threats and the possibility of BJP hand behind the matter.
Rejecting the allegations made by her party's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal in the assault case, Aam Aadmi Party on Friday said that Maliwal was sent to the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence by Bharatiya Janata Party as a part of a conspiracy so that "false accusations" can
AAP MP Swati Maliwal has reached the Delhi Chief Minister's residence for the recreation of the May 13 incident as part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged assault on her.
Delhi's Tis Hazari court on Friday recorded the statement of AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal. An FIR has been lodged against Bibhav Kumar and other persons on her complaint.