Swati Maliwal assault case: Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar sent to 4-day judicial custody

Bibhav Kumar was produced before the court today

Delhi's Tis Hazari Court on May 24 sent Bibhav Kumar, aide of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, to four days judicial custody till May 28 in the alleged Swati Maliwal assault case.

Earlier today, Kumar was brought to the court after the end of his police custody.

It is alleged that Kumar, the personal assistant of Kejriwal, assaulted Maliwal at chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence on May 13 morning. Maliwal has claimed Bibhav Kumar had kicked her in the chest, stomach and pelvic area and had brutally "dragged her and pulled her shirt up".

The incident reportedly occurred when she had gone to the chief minister's residence to meet him. At the time of the event, he was present in the house.

The Aam Aadmi Party alleged Maliwal was "blackmailed" by the BJP to become part of a "conspiracy" against Kejriwal as she faces a corruption case and that the BJP wants to send party MP Raghav Chadha and Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj to prison too.

Atishi, who is also a cabinet minister in the Delhi government, alleged that Maliwal went to the chief minister's official residence without an appointment.

Meanwhile, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal said the matter is currently "sub-judice" and his comment might affect the proceedings.

"But I expect there will be a fair investigation. Justice should be served. There are two versions of the event. Police should investigate both versions fairly and justice should be done," he told PTI.

Recently when Maliwal was asked whether Bibhav was instructed to beat her up, she said, "It is a matter of investigation whether he acted on his own or whether he was instructed to do so. I am cooperating with the investigation." "I am not giving any clean chit to anyone. The fact is I was being beaten up and Arvind Kejriwal was there," the MP told ANI.