"No Clean Chit, Arvind Kejriwal Was At Home": Swati Maliwal On Assault
NDTV
The AAP Rajya Sabha MP said the Delhi chief minister's personal assistant slapped and kicked her and no one came to her aid even though she was screaming at the top of her voice.
Recounting her ordeal on May 13, AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has said she was slapped seven to eight times, dragged by her foot, and her head had hit the table when she was assaulted at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence by his personal assistant, Bibhav Kumar.
Ms Maliwal said she kept screaming throughout, but no one came to her rescue. "I am not giving a clean chit to anybody. Arvind Kejriwal was at home when the assault happened," she told news agency ANI.
Mr Kumar has been arrested and is in police custody. The attack has also sparked a political firestorm, with the BJP attacking the Aam Aadmi Party and Mr Kejriwal - who is its convenor - and questioning their stance on the safety of women. The AAP has hit back, pointing to the alleged shielding of people like BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and also alleged that Ms Maliwal is "working for" the ruling party at the Centre.
