Mr Kumar’s lawyer questioned the delay in submitting the case.
New Delhi:
In a late-night listening to on Saturday, a Delhi court docket has despatched Bibhav Kumar, the private assistant to Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, to police custody for 5 days.
Mr Kumar was arrested earlier within the day for allegedly assaulting AAP chief and Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on the chief minister’s residence on Monday. Ms Maliwal had alleged Mr Kumar had kicked her within the chest, abdomen and pelvic space and had brutally “dragged her and pulled her shirt up”.
The Delhi Police, which introduced Mr Kumar earlier than the Tis Hazari court docket and sought his custody for seven days, stated the Rajya Sabha MP was badly crushed, the buttons of her prime had been open and that they’ve some CCTV footage from the chief minister’s residence.
The police stated they requested for the telephone password of Mr Kumar, who had been working with the chief minister since 2015, nevertheless it was not given to them. Alleging that the official had destroyed proof, they stated the cellphone was formatted in Mumbai and he had claimed he had accomplished so as a result of it had hung.
Laying out the explanations for searching for his custody, the police stated he could be taken to Mumbai and an professional would even be wanted to unlock the telephone, which isn’t attainable with out his presence. Custodial interrogation can also be required to search out out the explanations for assaulting the MP, they argued.
‘Why The Delay?’
Bibhav Kumar’s lawyer, Rajiv Mohan, identified that the alleged incident befell on Monday and the primary info report was lodged on Thursday. No purpose was given for the delay, he careworn.
Talking in regards to the day’s occasions, Mr Mohan stated Ms Maliwal had gone to not the chief minister’s workplace however to his residence with out anyone asking her to take action. The time at which she went can also be not the official time to satisfy anybody, he stated.
“You (Ms Maliwal) are saying that you simply used to go there like this, however there isn’t any report of it. What was her objective for going to the chief minister’s residence that day? It’s not clear,” Mr Mohan advised the court docket.
Referring to Mr Kejriwal being on interim bail within the liquor rip-off case until June 2, the lawyer stated the chief minister is busy since it’s election time and has been given a restricted variety of days by the Supreme Court docket.
He stated Ms Maliwal went and sat on a settee within the drawing room and had the choice of going again if she couldn’t meet the chief minister.
“A video of her popping out of the chief minister’s residence is being circulated within the media, by which she is sporting a kurti and never a shirt. Discuss of her buttons being open shouldn’t be right and neither is discuss of her head banging in opposition to the central desk,” Mr Mohan stated.
Accusing the Delhi Police of distorting the info, Mr Mohan requested why the AAP chief had not filed an FIR when she had known as a police helpline, 112, from the residence itself. He stated she should have obtained a response within the posh space however didn’t ask for any medical assist.
The lawyer stated that Ms Maliwal met the Station Home Officer of the Civil Traces Police Station and requested why the officer had not made a medical sheet if there was a grievous harm. He additionally questioned why she did not register a grievance on the police station.
‘Entered With out Permission’
“You entered there (the chief minister’s residence) with out permission, this can be a crime. The part officer of the safety employees had given a report on this regard on the identical day,” he stated.
The lawyer added that the Supreme Court docket has dominated that nobody will be pressured to share their telephone’s password and likewise knowledgeable the court docket that there was no CCTV digicam within the drawing room.
Earlier within the day, the Tis Hazari court docket had rejected Mr Kumar’s anticipatory bail stating that it was infructuous since had already been arrested.
On this, Advocate Shadan Farasat stated Mr Kumar was arrested when the anticipatory bail petition was being heard in order that it grew to become ineffective. He stated the official was not advised the grounds for his arrest both.
Earlier Accusation
Responding to those arguments, the lawyer showing for the police addressed the problem of the delay in submitting an FIR and stated Ms Maliwal was disturbed that an outdated acquaintance of hers had assaulted her. On the bail subject, the lawyer stated there isn’t any judgment that stops the police from effecting an arrest when an anticipatory bail listening to is on.
Referring to the video introduced up by the defence, the lawyer stated it was given to the media and to not the police and identified that Mr Kumar had earlier been accused of threatening a authorities official in Noida as properly.
