As Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said he expects a fair investigation into the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal by his aide Bibhav Kumar, the former DCW chief took a dig at the former’s recent remarks and said that “irony died a thousand deaths”.
Kejriwal said that the matter is currently “sub-judice” and his comment might affect the proceedings.
“But I expect there will be a fair investigation. Justice should be served. There are two versions of the event. Police should investigate both versions fairly and justice should be done,” Kejriwal said while speaking to PTI.
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On being asked whether he was present at his official residence at the time of the incident, the AAP national convener said he was there. “But I was not present at the scene,” he said.
Reacting to his views, Maliwal said that “irony died a thousand deaths”.
“After unleashing the entire army of leaders and volunteers at me, calling me a BJP agent, assassinating my character, leaking edited videos, victim shaming me, roaming around with the accused, letting him re enter the crime scene and tamper evidences and protesting in favour of the accused, the Chief Minister, in whose drawing room I was beaten up, has finally said that he wants free and fair investigation in the matter. Irony died a thousand deaths. I don’t buy this one bit,” the AAP MP posted on X.
Earlier, Maliwal had alleged that there is a “lot of pressure” on everyone in the party to malign her.
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“Yesterday I got a call from a big leader of the party. They told me how there is a lot of pressure on everyone, they have to say bad things against Swati, they have to break her by leaking her personal photos. It is being said that anyone who supports her will be expelled from the party,” she posted on X.
“Someone has got the duty of doing a press conference and someone has got the duty of tweeting. It is someone’s duty to call the volunteers sitting in America and get something out against me,” she added.
Swati Maliwal assault case
Maliwal recently claimed that she was brutally assaulted by Kejriwal’s personal assistant, Bibhav Kumar, on May 13, at the Delhi CM’s official residence and he did not stop even after she mentioned that she was on her period. After the assault, she claimed her arms were sore and she had difficulty walking.
Bibhav Kumar was arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the matter after registering an FIR against him on the complaint of Maliwal. Later, he was sent to five days of judicial custody on Sunday, May 19.