Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s close aide Bibhav Kumar was arrested by the Delhi Police on Saturday in connection with the alleged misconduct with the AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.

Earlier in the day, Kumar was taken by the Police, reportedly from the CM residence. It is said that police may question other people also in this connection in the days to come.

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It is said that Bibhav has also lodged a complaint with the police. He is ready for the investigation into the incident. Following his arrest in the evening, several party leaders could be seen visiting Kumar’s residence in visuals shared by news agencies.

This follows after Maliwal recorded her statement before a magistrate in this connection at the Tis Hazari Court on Friday.

Kumar’s arrest comes two days after an FIR was filed against him at the Civil Lines police station on Thursday, which was after the police recorded her statement in connection with the alleged misconduct.

Maliwal has alleged that the CM’s aide attacked her with full force, slapping her in the face and kicking her in the chest and abdomen on May 13 morning, when she had gone to meet the Chief Minister.

The FIR was filed under 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), and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman).

The BJP on the other hand has questioned Kejriwal’s silence on the issue, and hit out at the AAP chief for not speaking a word on the issue, saying that once he would praise the same leader and now when the alleged incident took place at his own residence with her, he is not breaking his silence.

Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva has hit out at the Delhi CM, saying that instead of speaking on various issues, he must first answer on the incident involving his own party’s MP and come forward informing who is responsible for the same.

Meanwhile, another purported video of Maliwal which shows that she is being escorted out from the CM residence where she could be seen walking surfaced on social media, referring to which the AAP has claimed that what all Maliwal has alleged seems to be contradictory as she can be seen walking and not in a condition which she had said to be.