Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court has sent Vibhav Kumar, accused in the Swati Maliwal case, to judicial custody for 14 days. Delhi Police arrested Vibhav Kumar, accused in the Swati Maliwal case, on May 18. Before being sent to judicial custody, Vibhav Kumar was in the custody of Delhi Police. Earlier on May 28, the court had sent Vibhav Kumar to police custody for three more days. The police had demanded 5 days of custody, but the court gave only three days.
Vibhav Kumar has not got any relief from Delhi High Court either. On Friday, the High Court refused to hear the petition filed by Vibhav Kumar. The High Court has sent Vibhav Kumar’s petition to the MP-MLA Court. Where, Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma’s bench can hear Vibhav Kumar’s petition.
Vibhav Kumar had demanded a departmental inquiry
In the petition, Vibhav Kumar had challenged his arrest. In the petition, Vibhav argued that he was forcibly kept in police custody. Along with this, he also demanded compensation for being forcibly kept in custody and demanded a departmental inquiry against the policemen.
Police had called the Chief Minister’s residence sensitive
During the last hearing, lawyer Atul Shrivastava, appearing on behalf of Delhi Police, had argued that the Chief Minister’s residence is very sensitive from the security point of view and if something happened there, then why did he not call on number 112. The lawyer had said that even after Vibhav was removed from the post, people call him to meet them, so Swati Maliwal also called him.
The police gave this argument
The police had told the court that on the day of the incident, only Swati Maliwal had called 112, apart from her no one else made any call from the Chief Minister’s residence. Swati Maliwal is a current member of Parliament, has been the chairperson of the Delhi Women’s Commission, the party chief had also called her Lady Singham. Was Vibhav’s permission needed to meet the party chief?
