{"id":69362,"date":"2024-06-10T06:03:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T06:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/delhi-police-adds-fresh-section-against-bibhav-kumar-in-swati-maliwal-assault-case\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T06:03:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T06:03:06","slug":"delhi-police-adds-fresh-section-against-bibhav-kumar-in-swati-maliwal-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/delhi-police-adds-fresh-section-against-bibhav-kumar-in-swati-maliwal-assault-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi Police adds fresh section against Bibhav Kumar in Swati Maliwal assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-110863881,imgsize-17186.cms?resize=600,450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Delhi Police adds fresh section against Bibhav Kumar in Swati Maliwal assault case\" title=\"Delhi Police adds fresh section against Bibhav Kumar in Swati Maliwal assault case\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"22\">The <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/delhi-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delhi Police<\/a> has added the IPC section for &#8220;disappearing evidence and giving false information&#8221; against <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chief-minister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chief Minister<\/a> Arvind Kejriwal&#8217;s aide <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bibhav-kumar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bibhav Kumar<\/a> in <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AAP<\/a> MP <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/swati-maliwal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swati Maliwal<\/a>&#8216;s <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/assault-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assault case<\/a>, an official said on Monday. Kumar is accused of assaulting Maliwal at the chief minister&#8217;s official residence on May 13. <!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->The official said Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/indian-penal-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Penal Code<\/a> (IPC) was added in the case. <\/p>\n<p>Section 201 carries a provision for imprisonment of one-sixth of the punishment awarded for the biggest offence in the crime, he added. <\/p>\n<p>The FIR against Kumar was registered on May 16 under provisions of the IPC such as those related to criminal intimidation, assault or criminal force on a woman with the intent to disrobe, and attempt to commit culpable homicide. <\/p>\n<p>Maliwal, a former chief of the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/delhi-commission-for-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delhi Commission for Women<\/a>, alleged that Kumar attacked her with full force, slapped and kicked her when she had gone to meet Kejriwal. <\/p>\n<p>According to a senior police officer, Kumar&#8217;s mobile phone was found to have been formatted when he was arrested from Kejriwal&#8217;s residence on May 18. He was in Mumbai before returning to Delhi. The police took Kumar to Mumbai twice. He is suspected to have formatted his mobile phone in Mumbai but did not disclose the place where he formatted it or the person with whom he shared the data, the officer said. <\/p>\n<p>During his police custody, Kumar did not cooperate in the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation<\/a>, he added. <\/p>\n<p>Another police officer said three CCTV DVRs (digital video recorders) were collected from Kejriwal&#8217;s residence &#8212; two from cameras installed at the entrance and one outside the drawing room. <\/p>\n<p>The DVRs were sent to the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/forensic-science-laboratory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forensic science laboratory<\/a> as it was suspected that these were tampered with. The reports were awaited, he said. <\/p>\n<p>Kumar was arrested on May 18 and is currently lodged in <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tihar-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tihar jail<\/a>.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:2--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/delhi-police-adds-fresh-section-against-bibhav-kumar-in-swati-maliwal-assault-case\/articleshow\/110863881.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi Police has added the IPC section for &#8220;disappearing evidence and giving false information&#8221; against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal&#8217;s aide Bibhav Kumar in AAP MP Swati Maliwal&#8216;s assault case, an official said on Monday. Kumar is accused of assaulting Maliwal at the chief minister&#8217;s official residence on May 13. 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