Swati Maliwal assault allegation: NCW summons Kejriwal aide Bibhav Kumar
The National Commission for Women has summoned Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar on Friday for a hearing into the allegation that he assaulted MP Swati Maliwal.
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DCW chief Swati Maliwal accuses Arvind Kejriwal's personal secretary of assaulting her’. (File)Days after she approached the police alleging assault at the hands of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar, the National Commission for Women (NCW) summoned him for a hearing in the matter.
The NCW said it had taken suo motu cognizance of a media post captioned ‘DCW chief Swati Maliwal accuses Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary of assaulting her’. The post, according to the NCW, had reported that Maliwal, a Rajya Sabha MP from Delhi and former chief of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), had alleged that the private secretary of the Delhi chief minister had brutally assaulted her at the chief minister’s residence.
“In view of the above, the Commission has scheduled a hearing in this matter on May 17, 2024, at 11 AM. All concerned parties are required to appear before the Commission in-person,” the notice stated.
On Monday, the police had said that Maliwal had called the police control room (PCR) in the morning alleging that she had been assaulted by Kumar at Kejriwal’s residence. While the police had said that Maliwal went to the Civil Lines police station, she had not filed an official complaint. Police records showed two daily diary entries made in regard to the PCR call in which Maliwal alleged that she was assaulted on Kejriwal’s instructions.
Both Maliwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had declined to comment on the incident on Monday but a day later, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh had addressed the media stating that the party would take “strict action” against Kumar.
On Thursday morning, Kumar was seen alongside Singh and Kejriwal, both of whom were scheduled to address a press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, at the Lucknow airport, triggering yet another row over the matter.
While Kejriwal chose not to respond to queries regarding Maliwal, Singh recalled how she was “dragged” and ill-treated by police personnel while she was sitting in solidarity with women wrestlers who had accused BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of molestation at Jantar Mantar. “AAP is our family; the party has made its position clear… Don’t play political games on this issue,” Singh said.
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