Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar files counter-complaint against Swati Maliwal in Assault Case

Bibhav Kumar files counter-complaint against Swati Maliwal

Bibhav Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal’s aide, has filed a counter-complaint in the alleged assault case against Swati Maliwal, alleging that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP was “trying to falsely implicate” him in order to “create undue pressure”. He alleged that the former chairwoman of the Delhi Commission for Women attempted to “create a ruckus and assault” him when she “forcefully and unauthorisedly” entered the Delhi Chief Minister’s house on May 13.

In a complaint submitted on Friday, Bibhav Kumar said that when Maliwal “forcefully and unlawfully trespassed into the premises” and gained unauthorised entry into Kejriwal’s apartment, she verbally attacked him and shouted, “Tumhari himmat kaise hui ek MP ko rokne ki. Tumhari aukat kya hain. (How dare you stop a Member of Parliament. What is your status)?”

“Main Tujhe Dekh Lungi… Main tujhe aise joothe case mein fasaungi ki tujhe zindagi bhar jail mei sadah dungi (I will involve you in a false case, and you will be imprisoned for the rest of your life),” she was cited as threatening the aide.

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Kumar has sent a copy of his complaint to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North).

Earlier on Friday, Maliwal tweeted that the AAP had taken a “U-turn” two days after accepting that Bibhav Kumar had “misbehaved” with her.

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On Saturday, AAP leader Atishi stated that the Anti-Corruption Bureau had filed a case against Maliwal, and that an investigation was underway.

What Bibhav Kumar said in his complaint?

In his complaint, Bibhav Kumar stated that on May 13, when Swati Maliwal arrived at Kejriwal’s residence at 8.40 a.m., she was asked by a security officer to identify herself, to which she replied that she was a Rajya Sabha MP. She was instructed to hold off until her appointment’s specifics were confirmed. “Upon verification, the security officer informed her that there was no such appointment on record, and therefore he could not allow her to enter.”

Maliwal then forcefully entered the Chief Minister’s residence despite objections by the security. “Not only did she make false claims of having an appointment to gain entry, she forcefully and illegally trespassed into the premises,” the complaint said.

According to the complaint, Maliwal was then instructed to wait in the waiting room, which is located on the Chief Minister’s Residence campus but not in the main building where Kejriwal lives. However, she began cursing and shouting at the personnel, asking them to check with the AAP supremo about her meeting with him.