Delhi Cops In Swati Maliwal Case

New Delhi:

The CCTV footage of the Might 13 incident, during which AAP MP Swati Maliwal was allegedly assaulted at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, could have been tampered by principal accused Bibhav Kumar to destroy proof, Delhi Police have stated.

In its remand observe, police have stated a portion of the footage from CCTV cameras on the Chief Minister’s residence is exhibiting clean.

Ms Maliwal took to social media to emphasize this level. Referring to the 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder, she tweeted, “There was a time when he hit the streets to get justice for Nirbhaya. Twelve years later, they’re hitting the streets to save lots of an accused who deleted CCTV footage and formatted the cellphone. I want they’d tried so exhausting for Manish Sisodia. If he was right here, possibly one thing so dangerous wouldn’t have occurred to me,” she stated. Mr Sisodia, Delhi’s former Deputy Chief Minister, is in jail for over a yr now within the Delhi liquor coverage case.

Police have stated they haven’t acquired the Digital Video Recorder in order that they will scan the Might 13 footage as a part of their probe. The CCTV cameras on the Chief Minister’s residence come underneath the purview of the Public Works Division (PWD). A junior engineer from the division has given police one video in a pen drive that was discovered clean, the remand observe says. The investigation revealed that the junior engineer doesn’t have entry to the DVR, it provides.

Bibhav Kumar, Chief Minister Kejriwal’s shut aide, has been arrested and remanded in police custody for 5 days.

Delhi Police have stated the accused just isn’t cooperating within the probe. They’ve stated he labored within the influential place of the Chief Minister’s private secretary for 9 years and might tamper proof and affect witnesses. The remand observe additionally says Bibhav Kumar was appointed because the Chief Minister’s private secretary in February 2015 and eliminated in April this yr over a 2007 case of obstructing a public servant from working. Police are actually probing why he was nonetheless working on the Chief Minister’s residence.

The remand observe says assault on an MP is a really severe matter and the assault may have turned deadly. When Bibhav Kumar was questioned in regards to the incident, he was evasive, it provides. The assertion of Ms Maliwal is constant along with her medical report, it says.

The accused’s iPhone 15 has been formatted and must be examined by a knowledge professional, police have stated.

Bibhav Kumar’s counsel Rajiv Mohan has stated Ms Maliwal visited the Chief Minister’s residence with out an appointment and that Delhi Police was distorting information. He additionally stated she filed the police criticism on Might 16 — three days after the incident.

He stated neither did Ms Maliwal search any medical help after calling the emergency helpline, nor did the station home officer put together any medical sheet after assembly her.

The lawyer alleged that Ms Maliwal was politicising the problem of getting suffered accidents and giving statements to the media.

In its rebuttal, the Delhi Police counsel stated that in accordance with the FIR, Ms Maliwal was “in shock” after the assault and filed a police criticism after recovering.

A Rajya Sabha member and former chief of the Delhi Fee for Ladies, Ms Maliwal has alleged that Bibhav Kumar had slapped her a number of occasions and kicked her throughout the Might 13 incident. AAP MP Sanjay Singh had earlier stated the Chief Minister’s aide had misbehaved along with her and that Mr Kejriwal will take strict motion. The AAP has now stated the BJP has made Ms Maliwal a part of a conspiracy.

“Anti-Corruption Bureau of the BJP has filed a case towards Swati Maliwal relating to the unlawful recruitment of contractual staff in DCW. A cost sheet has been filed and the time of conviction is coming, we imagine that Swati Maliwal is being included within the conspiracy through the use of this case.” AAP chief and Delhi Minister Atisi advised the media yesterday.