Bibhav Kumar evasive: Delhi Police says in its remand paper

The Delhi Police in its remand paper submitted late Saturday evening seeking seven days custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals aide Bibhav Kumar regarding the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal said that it was a serious case where the brutal assault could have turned fatalMetropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal who sent Kumar to fiveday police custody was told by the investigating agency that he did not cooperate with the police and had been evasive in his repliesThis is a very serious case where a Member of Parliament a public figure has been brutally assaulted which could have been fatal Despite specific questions the accused has not cooperated in the investigation and has been evasive in his replies said the remand paper signed by North District Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Anjitha ChepyalaThe remand application said that Maliwals testimony before the magistrate was corroborated by the medical evidenceAccording to Maliwals allegations Kumar screamed threatened and used abusive language against her besides being brutally assaulting dragging and banging her head on a centre table the report saidIt said that the most vital evidence was the digital video record DVR of the spot but it was yet to be provided to the policeAccording to the plea seeking police custody a junior engineer in the CMs residence after admitting that he did not have access to the place where the DVR and CCTV cameras were installed provided a video of the dining room but it was later found to be blank at the time of the alleged incidentThe remand application said that on Saturday Kumar was present at the chief ministers residence and after being questioned provided evasive repliesHis presence at the scene of the crime SOC raises a strong possibility of tampering with crucial evidence including electronic evidence The accused is an influential person and having worked more than nine years in an authoritative position can influence and pressure the witnesses in the CM house it saidExplaining the reasons for police custody the application said after being terminated as the CMs personal secretary in April 2024 Kumar was still working in the CMs residence and needed to be quizzed about the capacity and authority under which he was workingIt said another case was registered against Kumar in Noida for allegedly assaulting an onduty public servantSince a brutal attack is made on a public figure who is a sitting MP a sustained interrogation is very much required to find out the motive behind brutal attack and to ascertain the conspiracy angles or involvement of some person or organisation having inimical to our country the paper saidIt said that according to Kumar he had formatted his mobile in Mumbai on Friday and that his mobile phone was password protectedWithout the personal presence and assistance of the accused as this instrument is password protected the phone and its apps cannot be accessed Also he has to be taken to an expert to retrieve the mobile data and to ascertain the factum of formatting of the mobile phone of the accused which is an important piece of evidence the plea for remand saidIt said that Kumar could threaten witnesses and tamper evidence as he was in a position of command and also had access to the SOCThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever