A magisterial court in Delhi dismissed the bail plea of Bibhav Kumar, an aide to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday in a case related to assaulting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal.
Kumar is accused of assaulting Maliwal at the Chief Minister's residence in New Delhi on May 13 and was sent to four days' judicial custody on May 24.
According to Maliwal's allegations, when she was waiting to meet Kejriwal at the official residence, Kumar screamed, threatened and used abusive language against her, besides being "brutally assaulted", dragging and banging her head on a centre table.
The Delhi Police, in its remand report, stated that it was a "serious case" where the "brutal assault" could have turned "fatal". Police also alleged that Kumar was not co-operating with the probe.
"This is a very serious case where a Member of Parliament, a public figure, has been brutally assaulted which could have been fatal. Despite specific questions, the accused has not cooperated in the investigation and has been evasive in his replies," police told the court earlier.
Last week, Kumar was taken to Mumbai for the discovery of data from his phone which he had allegedly formatted before his arrest. Police suspect Kumar formatted his phone after transferring its data to some person or device in Mumbai. Police have also sent his phones and laptop, and CCTV recordings from Kejriwal's house for forensic examination.
