Swati Maliwal 'assault': Police register FIR against Delhi CM Kejriwal's aide

The Delhi Police on Thursday filed an FIR in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals residence and named his personal assistant Bibhav Kumar as an accused officials saidThe FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code sections pertaining to the offence of violence against women they saidHe has also been summoned by the National Commission for Women NCW on Friday over the matterThe FIR was registered after Maliwals statement was recorded by a twomember team led by Additional Commissioner of Police P S Kushwaha It was at the Rajya Sabha members residence in Central Delhi for nearly four and a half hoursOfficials said the FIR has been registered under Indian Penal Code sections pertaining to violence against a womanThe development comes two days after Maliwal went to the Civil Lines police station and alleged that a member of Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party AAP national convener Kejriwals personal staff assaulted her at the CMs official residenceThe case was registered after Maliwal filed a multiplepage complaintIn a post on X after the police team left her residence Maliwal said she has recorded her statement with the Delhi Police on what happened with her and urged the BJP to not indulge in politics Hope appropriate action is taken Whatever happened with me was extremely bad said the MPShe also said The past days have been very difficult for me I thank those who prayed Those who tried to indulge in character assassination said that I was doing it at the behest of the other party God bless them tooAccording to sources in her police complaint Maliwal has named Kumar as the main person who allegedly assaulted her when she had gone to meet Kejriwal on MondayThe BJP attacked Kejriwal after he refused to comment on the Maliwal assault matter during a press conference in Lucknow He was flanked by Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay SinghKejriwal avoided a question on the issue and it was fielded by Singh who said his party has already made its stand clear on the issueOn Tuesday at a press conference in Delhi Singh had accepted that Kumar had misbehaved with MaliwalWhen Kejriwal was avoiding the question Yadav took the microphone and said There are more important things than thatHe then unfolded a piece of paper and said BJP people are not with anyone it is a gang that lodges false casesSingh then took the microphone from the SP chief and said the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should answer for atrocities against women during the partys ruleBJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed that Kejriwal is the main criminal in the complaint that his aide Kumar had physically attacked Maliwal at the chief ministers residence as he cited the telephone call she had made to the Delhi Police to report the matterHis Kejriwal silence speaks a lot Out of jail he is more a goonda than a chief minister he told reporters noting that Kumar was seen with the chief minister in Lucknow Stringent action should be taken against the accused in the caseKumar he noted was photographed with Kejriwal during his visit to LucknowDuring the press conference in the Uttar Pradesh capital Singh who had met Maliwal at her residence on Wednesday said The AAP is our family Party has made its view clearHe also targeted the BJP government at the Centre by raising the issue of a Manipuri woman being paraded naked the Prajwal Revanna sex scandal and Maliwal being beaten up by police during protests by wrestlers when she was the Delhi Commission for Women DCW chiefI want that BJP and PM should also answer on the issues I have kept before you He PM should answer on the issue of Swati Maliwal who was dragged and beaten when she went to seek justice for the female wrestlers I just want to say dont play political games on the issues he saidThe NCW summoned Kumar after taking suo moto cognisance of a media post titled ExDCW chief Swati Maliwal accuses Arvind Kejriwals personal secretary of assaulting her where she claimed that she was brutally assaulted at the chief ministers residence by KumarIn light of these accusations the commission issued a notice emphasising that failure to comply could result in further actions as deemed necessary by themReacting to the incident the Congress said strict action should be taken against the person who was involved in the alleged assault on MaliwalThe Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party are fighting the Lok Sabha elections under the banner of INDIA bloc in the national capitalCongress spokesperson Ragini Nayak said the partys stand in the matter has been absolutely clearIf any crime takes place against a woman whoever is involved in the crime whether he belongs to any political party or not strictest action should be taken against him AAP MP Sanjay Singh also said the same thing and the Congress also said the same Nayak saidThe Mahlia Morcha of the Delhi BJP also extended support to Maliwal writing a letter to her saying the incident was a matter of honour of women in the countryThe letter written by its president Richa Pandey Mishra a former AAP leader urged Maliwal to approach police to ensure that strict action be taken against the guiltyThis 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