The Delhi Police in its application submitted to the court seeking a seven-day police remand of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar, the accused in the Swati Maliwal ‘assault’ case, has said the “brutal assault on Rajya Sabha MP and Aam Aadmi Party leader Swati Maliwal could have been fatal and CCTV footage at Delhi Chief Minister’s official residence during the period of assault on May 13 has turned out to be blank.”
The police got five-day remand of Kumar after a late-night order by a local court here. The police in their remand request said Kumar admitted to formatting his Apple iPhone 15 in Mumbai and needed to be taken there to recover the data, for which his police remand was needed.
The police said digital video recording of the drawing room of the Delhi CM’s Civil Lines residence where the alleged assault took place was not provided officially and a portion of it procured unofficially has turned out to be blank.
In their submission to court, cops also said Kumar could not explain why despite termination of his appointment as personal secretary to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on April 19, he continued to work in the CM’s residence whereby he had “potential to tamper with crucial evidence in the case.”
“Bibhav Kumar was appointed private secretary to the Delhi CM on co terminus basis on February 27, 2015, which has been terminated by the competent authority on April 19, 2024, but continues to work at CM residence,” the remand report added.
Cops said as per CCTV footage provided by JE, the footage of the relevant time and period of assault was found blank and tampering of crucial evidence cannot be ruled out. “The accused has to be interrogated in detail as he has admitted to having access inside the CM’s residence and office,” said the cops.
Meanwhile, a team of Delhi Police on Sunday (May 19) seized a laptop and CCTV digital video record (DVR) from the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in connection with the AAP MP Swati Maliwal assault case. Along with this, some documents were also taken away by the Delhi Police from the Chief Minister’s residence.