“There was a time when we all came out on the streets to get justice for Nirbhaya. Today, after 12 years, we are on the streets to save the accused who made the CCTV footage disappear and formatted the phone?” He wrote on X.

“I wish they had used this much force for Manish Sisodia ji. If he had been a bee here, maybe this bad thing wouldn't have happened to me!” he added in that tweet.

Vibhav Kumar, a close aide of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was arrested on Saturday in connection with the attack on Maliwal and produced in a local court late at night, which sent him to five-day police custody.

Delhi Police had requested Kumar's custody, informing the court that the CCTV footage provided to them was blank. He also mentioned that Kumar handed over his mobile phone but did not disclose the password. Additionally, the police claimed that Kumar had formatted his phone a day earlier, citing a malfunction.

The police further told the court that before formatting a phone, its data should be cloned. Therefore, Kumar needed to be taken to Mumbai to recover the data, and his presence was required for an expert to unlock the mobile phone.

Delhi Police had registered a case of molestation and attempt to commit culpable homicide against Kumar after he allegedly assaulted AAP Rajya Sabha MP Maliwal at the chief minister's residence on May 13.

The FIR includes sections 308 (attempt to culpable homicide), 341 (wrongful restraint), 354 (B) (assault or use of criminal force with intent to disrobe a woman), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 509 (words ) includes charges under. Gesture or act intended to insult the dignity of a woman under the Indian Penal Code at Civil Lines Police Station.