Bibhav Kumar, a detailed aide of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was arrested by the Delhi Police on Saturday in reference to an alleged assault case. Kumar’s father, Maheshwar Rai, has labelled the arrest as “injustice” and has defended his son’s character, whereas additionally alleging political pressures from the BJP. Talking to information company ANI, Rai acknowledged, “That is injustice. My son is an easy man. There’s a BJP Authorities in energy, it might do no matter it needs. They’re telling him to desert Arvind Kejriwal, then he is not going to be harmed. He has been with Kejriwal for the final 15 years, however I’ve by no means heard any grievance towards him.”
#WATCH | Rohtas, Bihar | On the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar, his father Maheshwar Rai says, “That is injustice. My son is an easy man…There may be BJP Authorities in energy, it might do no matter it needs…They’re telling him to desert Arvind Kejriwal,… pic.twitter.com/Xf3XLm6gaT
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Bibhav Kumar Did not Contact Swati Maliwal Even As soon as, His Father Says
Rai recounted a dialog together with his son, saying, “I spoke with him over the cellphone, he instructed me that he was having his breakfast and he or she (Swati Maliwal) got here to do one thing huge. Guards stopped her and he went there. Guards eliminated her from there. He did not contact her even as soon as. He solely instructed her that he would not let her meet Kejriwal with out asking him. Listening to this, she bought offended and threatened him.”
Bibhav Kumar, who hails from Khudru village in Bihar, studied at Banaras Hindu College and practiced journalism in Delhi earlier than his lengthy tenure with Kejriwal. Based on ANI, the previous head of Khudru village, Lal Sahib Yadav, vouched for Kumar’s integrity, saying, “Bibhav is from a social household. If elections had not been held as we speak, nothing like this is able to have occurred. His household has at all times stood with the poor. I assure that Bibhav Ji will not be an individual of felony character. That is going just for politics.”
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Kumar, in a bid to clear his identify, has emailed the Delhi Police expressing his willingness to cooperate with the investigation into Swati Maliwal’s assault declare, whereas additionally urging them to take cognisance of his counter-complaint. In his grievance, he accused Maliwal of unauthorised entry, verbal abuse, and threats, and alleged BJP’s involvement within the matter.
Alternatively, Maliwal’s medico-legal case report, surfaced on Saturday, talked about bruises on her left leg and proper cheek. The report adopted an in depth medical examination at AIIMS, Delhi, on the evening of Might 16. The Delhi Police had earlier filed an FIR primarily based on Maliwal’s grievance, alleging that Kumar had “slapped” her “not less than seven to eight instances” whereas she “continued screaming” and “brutally dragged” her, “kicking” her in her “chest, abdomen, and pelvis space.”