Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Wednesday opposed a bail plea filed by Bibhav Kumar, a close aide of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying that she was “brutally assaulted” by Kumar. She added that the chief minister protected his aide following the assault.

As a bench of justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta posted the plea for orders on Friday, Maliwal, who was present in court, urged it to reject the petition saying that she was subjected to victim shaming and was painted as a liar by AAP ministers in press conferences. Maliwal said that not only her and her family’s lives were in danger, but she was also trolled on social media.

“I was brutally assaulted by the PA. It was horrible. Later, the chief minister himself came on the streets and protected the PA. Delhi ministers have done conferences where they have painted a picture in the entire media that I am some kind of a liar,” Maliwal submitted in court.

Bibhav had approached the high court on June 11 claiming that the case against him was one of abuse of criminal conspiracy. In his petition filed through advocates Rajat Bhardwaj and Mohd Irshad, Kumar said that the accusations against him were not only unbelievable and false, but there was also no scope for him to tamper with evidence as the Delhi police had already collected it.