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Swati Maliwal row: Bibhav Kumar files complaint against AAP MP in 'assault' case
The Aam Aadmi Party has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being behind Swati Maliwal's allegation.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday said that CM Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar has given a complaint to police against the party's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.
The development comes a day after the Delhi Police registered an FIR against Bibhav Kumar, the personal assistant of Kejriwal, for allegedly assaulting Maliwal, at the chief minister's official residence.
The Aam Aadmi Party has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being behind Maliwal's allegation, adding that it's the saffron party's conspiracy to frame Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Senior AAP leader Atishi has claimed that Swati Maliwal reached the CM's residence without an appointment and her intention was to level allegations against Kejriwal.
In his complaint against Swati Maliwal, Bibhav Kumar said that Maliwal forcefully and without authority entered the chief minister's residence on the morning of May 13.
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"Not only did she breach the security of CM resident, create a ruckus and assault the complainant (Bibhav); she is now trying to falsely implicate the undersigned complainant so as to create undue pressure on him," Bibhav said in his complaint to the police.
He also alleged Maliwal of shouting and abusing the office staff of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
“At around 9:22am, the complainant entered the main building of the CM residence and found Ms Maliwal sitting in the drawing room. The complainant approached Ms Maliwal and politely requested her to follow the proper procedure for meeting the Hon'ble CM,” Bibhav wrote in this complaint. “As soon the complainant stated the above, Ms Maliwal started screaming and shouting at the complainant, and hurled abuses…”
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Bibhav further alleged that Maliwal further attempted to gain entry to the inner parts of the chief minister's residence, which he strongly objected.
"This infuriated Ms Maliwal pushed complainant," he adds. "She then angirly sat on the sofa and diallied the PCR and started making blatantly false allegations regarding the complainant."
