New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Vibhav Kumar has been arrested in connection with the alleged attack on AAP MP Swati Maliwal at the chief minister's residence, even as the militant AAP chief said he and other party leaders will be at the BJP headquarters on Sunday. and "challenged the Prime Minister to send whoever he wants to jail."
The Aam Aadmi Party alleged that the BJP "blackmailed" Maliwal into joining a "conspiracy" against Kejriwal, as she is facing a corruption case and BJP party MP Raghav Chadha and Delhi ministers Atishi and She also wants to send Saurav Bhardwaj to jail. ,
Hitting back, the BJP accused the AAP of trying to shame the victim and blame the victim in its shameless defense of Kumar. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala alleged that Kejriwal was making efforts to protect Kumar as his aides were in a position to expose damaging "secrets" of the chief minister. Kumar was arrested by the Delhi Police on Saturday, a senior police officer said. When he was picked up from the Chief Minister's residence, he said that he suspected that he had come to tamper with the evidence.Hours later, Kejriwal held a press conference where he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "playing games" by sending AAP leaders like Manis Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and Sanjay Singh to jail.
"They are behind our party and are sending our leaders to jail one after the other... today you have sent my PA to jail," he said. Jail too. He said, "I will go to the BJP office tomorrow afternoon with my MLAs and MPs so that the Prime Minister can send whoever he wants to jail."
Kejriwal said, "AAP is an idea. The country will produce a hundred times more leaders than the number of AAP leaders you put in jail." Held on 25 May.
Kejriwal said that the Aam Aadmi Party cannot be crushed by sending its leaders to jail. Rajya Sabha MP Maliwal has alleged that on May 13, when she had gone to meet the Chief Minister, the CM's aide attacked her with full force. Slapping him on the face and kicking him on the chest and stomach.
Maliwal's medical examination was conducted at AIIMS on Friday. According to the Medico-Legal Certificate (MLC), she has "bruises on the proximal left dorsal side, approximately 3x2 cm in size and bruises on the right cheek and elbow below the right eye, approximately 2x2 cm in size".
Kumar was picked up from the chief minister's residence on Saturday, a day after Maliwal recorded his statement before a magistrate at Tis Hazari court, a senior police officer said. Kumar had gone there in the morning to meet Kejriwal, the official said. Police said they have recorded statements of at least 10 people, including security personnel and other staff at the chief minister's residence, who were present at the time of the alleged attack on May 13.According to a police officer, Kumar was questioned about the reason for going to the CM residence on Saturday morning.
Police suspect that he might have come to tamper with the evidence. "As soon as they came to know about Kumar's presence at the CM's residence on Saturday morning, a team from the local police station was sent to nab him," the officer said. ''
He also asked Kumar where he was when the FIR was lodged against him on Thursday.
In the evening, AAP leaders went to the residence of Gopal Rai, Sanjay Singh and Atishi Kumar. Sources said that during interrogation, police officers asked them many questions about what happened at the CM residence on May 13.Another officer said he was also questioned about what Maliwal was doing when she reached the CM residence at 9 am on May 13.
They also asked him about Kejriwal's presence at his house on the day of the incident. Meanwhile, a city court ruled that Kumar's anticipatory bail plea had become moot as he had already been arrested.
Earlier in the day, Kumar wrote to the police saying he was ready to cooperate with their investigation, but they should also consider his complaint against Maliwal.
On Friday, Kumar filed a police complaint, accusing Maliwal of breaching the security of the CM residence by making unauthorized entry and creating ruckus there on May 13.The CM's aide also alleged that he abused her when she tried to stop him.
Senior AAP leader Atishi said that if Delhi Police is impartial then it should also file an FIR on Kumar's complaint.
At the press conference, Kejriwal claimed that AAP's mistake was that it built good schools in Delhi, set up mohalla clinics, provided free treatment and ensured 24-hour free power supply in the city, which the BJP could not do. Speaking to Ideology, Atishi claimed that the former DCW chief faced arrest in an illegal recruitment case and was "blackmailed" by the BJP to be part of a "conspiracy" against Kejriwal.
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 on Monday."Why did she come inside? Why did she come to the Chief Minister's residence without an appointment? Arvind Kejriwal was busy that day and did not meet her. If he had met her that day, the allegations made against Vibhav Kumar could have been made." Against him,” Atishi said. He added that Maliwal has been made the face of this “conspiracy” by the BJP.
“BJP has a pattern.First they register cases and then threaten to send the leader to jail. Swati Maliwal is facing charges in an illegal recruitment case registered by the Anti-Corruption Branch. An FIR has been registered in the case and it is at the stage where he could be arrested.
"BJP blackmailed Maliwal and made him the face of this conspiracy," the AA leader alleged. Meanwhile, another purported video of Maliwal from the day of the incident surfaced online.In the video, a female security personnel is seen holding Maliwal by his arm while taking him out of Kejriwal's residence. As soon as they came out of the main gate, Maliwal freed his hand from the grip of the security personnel.
Meanwhile, the BJP accused AAP leaders of maligning Maliwal's image by circulating an "edited" video. Addressing another press conference in the evening, Atishi alleged that the city police arrested Kumar at the same time as the court. His anticipatory bail plea was being heard.
He said, “This shows the conspiracy of the BJP.Their intention is to harass our election campaign and Arvind Kejriwal."
Maliwal, who has removed Kejriwal's display picture on her Not raising any questions. Maliwal said AAP had taken a "U-turn" two days after admitting that Kuma had "misbehaved" with her.
The Aam Aadmi Party alleged that the BJP "blackmailed" Maliwal into joining a "conspiracy" against Kejriwal, as she is facing a corruption case and BJP party MP Raghav Chadha and Delhi ministers Atishi and She also wants to send Saurav Bhardwaj to jail. ,
Hitting back, the BJP accused the AAP of trying to shame the victim and blame the victim in its shameless defense of Kumar. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala alleged that Kejriwal was making efforts to protect Kumar as his aides were in a position to expose damaging "secrets" of the chief minister. Kumar was arrested by the Delhi Police on Saturday, a senior police officer said. When he was picked up from the Chief Minister's residence, he said that he suspected that he had come to tamper with the evidence.Hours later, Kejriwal held a press conference where he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "playing games" by sending AAP leaders like Manis Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and Sanjay Singh to jail.
"They are behind our party and are sending our leaders to jail one after the other... today you have sent my PA to jail," he said. Jail too. He said, "I will go to the BJP office tomorrow afternoon with my MLAs and MPs so that the Prime Minister can send whoever he wants to jail."
Kejriwal said, "AAP is an idea. The country will produce a hundred times more leaders than the number of AAP leaders you put in jail." Held on 25 May.
Kejriwal said that the Aam Aadmi Party cannot be crushed by sending its leaders to jail. Rajya Sabha MP Maliwal has alleged that on May 13, when she had gone to meet the Chief Minister, the CM's aide attacked her with full force. Slapping him on the face and kicking him on the chest and stomach.
Maliwal's medical examination was conducted at AIIMS on Friday. According to the Medico-Legal Certificate (MLC), she has "bruises on the proximal left dorsal side, approximately 3x2 cm in size and bruises on the right cheek and elbow below the right eye, approximately 2x2 cm in size".
Kumar was picked up from the chief minister's residence on Saturday, a day after Maliwal recorded his statement before a magistrate at Tis Hazari court, a senior police officer said. Kumar had gone there in the morning to meet Kejriwal, the official said. Police said they have recorded statements of at least 10 people, including security personnel and other staff at the chief minister's residence, who were present at the time of the alleged attack on May 13.According to a police officer, Kumar was questioned about the reason for going to the CM residence on Saturday morning.
Police suspect that he might have come to tamper with the evidence. "As soon as they came to know about Kumar's presence at the CM's residence on Saturday morning, a team from the local police station was sent to nab him," the officer said. ''
He also asked Kumar where he was when the FIR was lodged against him on Thursday.
In the evening, AAP leaders went to the residence of Gopal Rai, Sanjay Singh and Atishi Kumar. Sources said that during interrogation, police officers asked them many questions about what happened at the CM residence on May 13.Another officer said he was also questioned about what Maliwal was doing when she reached the CM residence at 9 am on May 13.
They also asked him about Kejriwal's presence at his house on the day of the incident. Meanwhile, a city court ruled that Kumar's anticipatory bail plea had become moot as he had already been arrested.
Earlier in the day, Kumar wrote to the police saying he was ready to cooperate with their investigation, but they should also consider his complaint against Maliwal.
On Friday, Kumar filed a police complaint, accusing Maliwal of breaching the security of the CM residence by making unauthorized entry and creating ruckus there on May 13.The CM's aide also alleged that he abused her when she tried to stop him.
Senior AAP leader Atishi said that if Delhi Police is impartial then it should also file an FIR on Kumar's complaint.
At the press conference, Kejriwal claimed that AAP's mistake was that it built good schools in Delhi, set up mohalla clinics, provided free treatment and ensured 24-hour free power supply in the city, which the BJP could not do. Speaking to Ideology, Atishi claimed that the former DCW chief faced arrest in an illegal recruitment case and was "blackmailed" by the BJP to be part of a "conspiracy" against Kejriwal.
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 on Monday."Why did she come inside? Why did she come to the Chief Minister's residence without an appointment? Arvind Kejriwal was busy that day and did not meet her. If he had met her that day, the allegations made against Vibhav Kumar could have been made." Against him,” Atishi said. He added that Maliwal has been made the face of this “conspiracy” by the BJP.
“BJP has a pattern.First they register cases and then threaten to send the leader to jail. Swati Maliwal is facing charges in an illegal recruitment case registered by the Anti-Corruption Branch. An FIR has been registered in the case and it is at the stage where he could be arrested.
"BJP blackmailed Maliwal and made him the face of this conspiracy," the AA leader alleged. Meanwhile, another purported video of Maliwal from the day of the incident surfaced online.In the video, a female security personnel is seen holding Maliwal by his arm while taking him out of Kejriwal's residence. As soon as they came out of the main gate, Maliwal freed his hand from the grip of the security personnel.
Meanwhile, the BJP accused AAP leaders of maligning Maliwal's image by circulating an "edited" video. Addressing another press conference in the evening, Atishi alleged that the city police arrested Kumar at the same time as the court. His anticipatory bail plea was being heard.
He said, “This shows the conspiracy of the BJP.Their intention is to harass our election campaign and Arvind Kejriwal."
Maliwal, who has removed Kejriwal's display picture on her Not raising any questions. Maliwal said AAP had taken a "U-turn" two days after admitting that Kuma had "misbehaved" with her.
