A Delhi court docket on Monday denied bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s shut aide Bibhav Kumar, who’s accused of assaulting AAP MP Swati Maliwal on the CM’s residence. After listening to arguments from each side, Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Gaurav Goyal denied Kumar, the CM’s private assistant, bail. An in depth order on the topic is pending. In the course of the proceedings, Rajya Sabha MP Maliwal knowledgeable the court docket that Kumar’s launch would endanger her life and her household. She mentioned {that a} “one-sided video” concerning the incident “was made by a YouTuber” after which she started receiving threats.
A few movies from the chief minister’s residence from the day of the incident on Could 13 have surfaced on social media. One exhibits Maliwal arguing with safety officers, whereas the opposite exhibits her going out of the CM’s mansion within the Civil Strains. Maliwal’s lawyer mentioned that regardless of Kumar’s imprisonment, Maliwal was receiving threats. He questioned Kumar’s innocence, claiming that he formatted his telephone and destroyed the CCTV footage from the incident.
Extra Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava said that Maliwal didn’t enter the CM’s dwelling. He additional said that Kumar was a “influential” particular person however the termination of his employment. Kumar’s lawyer sought bail, claiming that his shopper met the “triple check” for bail: he was not a flight danger, was unlikely to tamper with proof, or affect witnesses.
Kumar’s counsel mentioned that regardless of collaborating with the police, Kumar was arrested, and that the FIR within the matter was registered three days later as a “afterthought.” Kumar was ordered to 4 days in judicial jail on Saturday and is scheduled to seem in court docket on Tuesday. The court docket noticed that his anticipatory bail plea filed on Could 18 had grow to be “infructuous” following his arrest.
