Swati Maliwal, AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP, has officially filed a First Information Report (FIR) with the Delhi Police against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s Personal Secretary Bibhav Kumar.
The FIR was registered IPC Sections 308 (Attempt to commit culpable homicide) /341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint)/354B (Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe) /506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation)/509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman).
Maliwal also appeared at the Tis Hazari Court in Delhi on Friday to record a statement under Section 164 of the CrPC which allows a magistrate to record a person’s statement/confession during a police investigation before the trial.
A Delhi Police team was denied entry to Bibhav Kumar’s residence, also when the National Commission for Women (NCW) tried to serve a Notice of Hearing to Kumar at his residence the occupants did not accept it.
What Does The FIR Say?
Malilwal describes what happened on 13th May at CM Kejriwal’s residence at Civil Lines beginning with, “I went inside the camp office and called CM’s PS Bibhav Kumar, but I could not go in. I then sent a message to his mobile number (through WhatsApp). However, there was no response. I then went inside the residential area through the main door as I have always done in the past year. Since Bibhav Kumar was not present, I entered the residence area and informed the staff present there to tell the CM that I was there to meet him”.
She further added, “I was informed that he was present in the house and I was told to wait in the drawing room. I went into the drawing room and sat on the sofa and was waiting for him to meet me.
One of the staff members came and told me that the CM was coming to meet me and suddenly, the PS of CM, Bibhav Kumar barged into the room. He started screaming without any provocation and even started abusing me. I was stunned by this….and I reacted by telling him to stop talking to me like this and to call the CM”.
Maliwal reported on what Bibhav did to her saying, “He then abused me and asked who are you to not listen to what I say. While saying these words, he came and stood right in front of me. Without any provocation whatsoever on my side, he started slapping me with full force.
He slapped me seven to eight times at least while I continued screaming. I felt absolutely shocked and was screaming for help over and over again. In order to protect myself, I pushed him away with my legs”.
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The AAP MP continued, “At that time, he pounced on me, brutally dragged me and deliberately pulled my shirt up. My shirt buttons opened and my shirt flew up. I landed on the floor while hitting my head on the centre table. I was constantly screaming for help, but no one came.
After that, Bibhav Kumar did not relent and attacked me by kicking me in my chest, stomach, and pelvis area with his legs. I was in extreme pain and kept telling him to stop. My shirt was coming up, but he still continued to assault me”.
She also said, “I repeatedly told him that I was on my period and that he should please let go of me as I was in unbearable pain. However, he attacked me with full force again and again. I somehow managed to get free.
I then sat on the sofa of the drawing room and gathered my spectacles that had fallen on the ground during the assault. I was in a terrible state of shock at this attack. I was deeply traumatised and called the 112 number and reported the crime against me”.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief also said that Bibhav threatened me revealing how she was threatened saying, “Do what you want, you can’t do anything. We will break all your bones and bury you in a place that no one will get to know. Then when he realised that I had called the 112 number, he went out of the room”.
“Bibhav returned with the security personnel working at the main gate of the CM camp offices. They came and asked me to leave at the behest of Bibhav. I kept telling them that I was brutally beaten up and they should look at my condition and wait until the PCR police came. However, they asked me to leave the premises.
I was taken outside the CM residence and I sat briefly on the floor outside as I was in deep pain. The PCR police came but I was completely dazed and left by walking towards my previous residence in Civil Lines,” she added.
Maliwal explained her state when she left and reached her house writing, “I was crying and somehow reached my earlier residence. I sat on the ground there for some time and some police personnel who had accompanied me from the CM house called me an auto on my request.
I sat in it and started going towards my house as I was in terrible pain and was traumatised and shattered. Somehow I mustered the strength and asked the auto to head back and went to police station at Civil Lines to report the matter.”
Some people questioned why the complaint was lodged later and Maliwal addressed this in her FIR stating, “I reached and sat in the SHO room and I was crying and informed the SHO about the incident. I was in terrible pain and having severe cramps. I also started receiving a lot of calls from the media on my mobile.
Due to extreme trauma, pain and not wanting to politicise the incident, I left the police station without filing a written complaint. My head was splitting in pain and my arms and legs were aching terribly due to the assault”.
“The past few days since the incident have been extremely painful for me. It is one of the most difficult times of my life. The pain, trauma, and harassment have been mind-numbing. My head and neck have been hurting constantly since the attack. My arms are very sore and my abdomen is also paining. I am also having difficulty in walking.
My situation is exacerbated by the fact that having worked all my life for women’s issues and helped lakhs of women get justice, I ended up being brutally beaten by a person whom I had known for a long time. I am deeply disturbed by this incident and am distraught that someone could display such goonda behaviour. I feel totally shattered,” she said.
She finally concluded by writing, “It has taken me three days to gather myself and report the matter through a written complaint”.
A video was also shared by the AajTak news channel’s official Twitter/X account with the caption ‘Swati Maliwal Ka Sach (Swati Maliwal’s truth). The video’s accuracy or credibility is not yet confirmed but it shows Maliwal allegedly arguing with the staff at Kejriwal’s house.
स्वाति मालीवाल का सच https://t.co/TGqvnCj619
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) May 17, 2024
Maliwal commenting on this video also tweeted out a post.
In her post she said “Like every time, this time also this political hitman has started efforts to save himself. By getting his people to tweet and play videos without any context, he thinks he can save himself by committing this crime”.
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