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Swati Maliwal Assault Case: Bibhav Kumar, the accused in the assault of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, was produced at Tis Hazari Court on Saturday evening. The Delhi Police had requested 7-day custody of Kumar. Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing for Delhi Police, said that they had asked for a DVR and it was provided on a pen drive, but the footage was found to be blank. He also added that an iPhone has been given to the police, but the accused is not sharing the password. He further added that the phone had been formatted. 

Mudit Jain, Bibhav’s lawyer, said that he has opposed the demand for remand. The court will release its order in some time, he added. 

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-Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that he and other leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would go to the headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on May 19 "so that the prime minister can send anyone he wishes to jail".

-Kejriwal added that they will send AAP MP Raghav Chadha, who had just returned from the UK, and Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj to jail too. He, however, asserted that his party could not be crushed by sending its leaders to jail.

-Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "playing the game" of sending AAP leaders such as Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, and Sanjay Singh to jail, he said, "I am coming to BJP headquarters with all my big leaders, MLAs, MPs, everyone, at 12 noon tomorrow.Whoever you want to put in jail, do so all at once."

-Delhi Minister Atishi alleged that Bibhav Kumar was arrested because the BJP and Delhi Police are aware that the case is “weak”.

-The Delhi Minister said that the hearing for Bibhav Kumar's bail plea started at 3:55 pm, and just 20 minutes later he was arrested by the Delhi Police.

-Bibhav Kumar’s father, Maheshwar Rai, also revealed that the BJP have been advising his son to abandon Arvind Kejriwal. His father also said that he has never heard a complaint against Bibhav for the last 15 years when he has been with Delhi CM.

-The former aide of the AAP supremo, meanwhile, emailed Delhi Police stating that he was ready to cooperate in the ongoing probe into Maliwal's assault claim while adding that they should also take cognisance of his complaint.

-In his complaint, Kejriwal's former PA charged Maliwal with unauthorized entry, verbal abuse, and threats while also claiming the BJP's involvement in the matter.

(With input from agencies)