New Delhi:

AAP chief Swati Maliwal – on the centre of a harassment row involving occasion boss Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar – has submitted an announcement to Delhi Police, after 4 days of silence over an incident that has triggered a livid political spat between the ruling outfit and the opposition BJP.

The Delhi Police recorded Ms Maliwal’s assertion and have filed a case in opposition to Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav. On Thursday night a two-member police group – led by Assistant Commissioner of Police PS Kushwaha – met Ms Maliwal, incommunicado because the assault, at her house to hunt particulars and file an announcement. The assembly lasted for 4 hours, officers instructed information company PTI.

This was hours after the Nationwide Fee for Ladies issued a summons to Mr Kumar.

The police have registered a First Info Report (FIR) in opposition to Kumar for assault, legal intimidation, and outraging a girl’s modesty beneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code.

READ | Kejriwal’s Aide Summoned By Ladies’s Panel Over Swati Maliwal Row

Swati Maliwal was assaulted by Bibhav Kumar on the Chief Minister’s residence in Delhi’s Civil Strains space on Monday. In keeping with the AAP’s Sanjay Singh – who on Tuesday confirmed the “distressing incident” – she was ready to satisfy the Chief Minister when Mr Kumar “misbehaved” together with her.

Delhi Police confirmed they acquired two calls from an unknown individual inside Arvind Kejriwal’s residence – however from a cellphone quantity registered to Ms Maliwal – alerting them to the harassment.

Ms Maliwal later appeared at a police station within the space however left with out submitting a grievance.

READ | Kejriwal Workplace Staffer “Misbehaved” With Swati Maliwal: AAP Chief

The assault on Ms Maliwal led to the BJP unleashing a flood of counter-attacks on the AAP and Mr Kejriwal, who was launched on bail final week – so he may marketing campaign for his occasion within the ongoing common election – after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in March within the liquor coverage rip-off.

The BJP has stated Mr Kejriwal – who faces recent calls for to resign – is shielding his aide. These accusations gathered steam right this moment after he appeared to keep away from reporters’ questions on this subject.

It was Mr Singh – additionally out on bail within the liquor coverage case – who shortly answered on the Chief Minister’s behalf. The Rajya Sabha MP demanded the BJP reply questions on crimes in opposition to girls in Manipur and allegations of intercourse crimes in opposition to ally and JDS MP Prajwal Revanna.

READ | Kejriwal Dodges Questions On Swati Maliwal Row, AAP Chief Replies

On Tuesday Mr Singh known as the incident “shameful” and stated Arvind Kejriwal had “taken cognisance and known as for strictest doable motion” in opposition to his aide. He decried “political video games” and stated the occasion stands by Ms Maliwal, whom he known as “one of many AAP’s oldest and senior-most leaders”.

#WATCH | Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva says, “We all know that Vibhav Kumar is Arvind Kejriwal’s affiliate and handles all his work…Who insighted him? Who gave him the instructions? All this must be investigated…It might have been higher if Sanjay Singh himself went to… https://t.co/j1M6uh6vDSpic.twitter.com/GnnguiItwR

— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2024

Mr Singh’s assertion was attacked swiftly by the BJP. The occasion’s Delhi boss, Virendra Sachdeva, stated, “Why had been they silent for 36 hours? The place was the Chief Minister? A Rajya Sabha MP… a girl… was misbehaved with at Mr Kejriwal’s house and you’re taking cognisance solely now?”

The BJP’s Arvinder Singh Beautiful, a current recruit from the Congress, declared, “If Swati Maliwal has been handled like this… it’s condemnable and shameful. Those that discuss ensures can not assure girls’s security in their very own houses. This raises questions on the administration.”

The row over the assault on Ms Maliwal has additionally prompted the AAP’s ally, the Congress, to react.

READ | Priyanka Gandhi’s Guarded Response On Swati Maliwal Assault Case

Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stated “I at all times stand with girls, regardless of which occasion they belong to”, however then left additional motion to be taken to the discretion of the AAP.

The AAP is a part of the Congress-led INDIA opposition bloc, which was shaped to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP within the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats will vote within the fifth part of the election – on Might 25. Within the final election, the BJP gained all seven.

With enter from businesses

NDTV is now obtainable on WhatsApp channels. Click on on the hyperlink to get all the most recent updates from NDTV in your chat.