Bibhav Kumar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Bibhav Kumar

• Bibhav Kumar worked as a journalist and video editor in the 2000s.

  

• He later worked as an RTI activist at Kabir, an NGO founded by Manish Sisodia. He later became a coordinator between Kabir and Arvind Kejriwal’s NGO, Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF).

  

• On 1 June 2007, a case was filed against him by Mahesh Pal, an officer of Noida Development Authority for abusing him and threatening him while he was doing his duty.

• He later started editing videos for a magazine launched by the members of India Against Corruption. This group organised the 2011 protests and later became the political party Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

  

• On 27 February 2013, he was appointed as the private secretary to the Delhi CM, Arvind Kejriwal. His parent department was set as Co-terminus, the General Administration Department (GAD). He was reappointed in 2020 after AAP came to power again.

  

• According to an RTI in 2015, his salary (Rs1,05,009) was more than Arvind Kejriwal’s salary (Rs 73,000).

  

• In April 2018, AAP removed Kumar Vishwas from the party. Vishwas later said that Kejriwal used Bibhav Kumar to defame him and others for challenging the authority of Kejriwal.

• On 8 April 2024, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Kumar regarding the Delhi liquor policy scam case. Several ED officials had raided Kumar’s residences a few days before sending notice to him.

• On 10 April 2024, Special Secretary (Vigilance), YVVJ Rajasekhar, terminated him from the position of private secretary as his appointment violated Central Civil Service Rules related to temporary appointment.

• Kumar is considered the right-hand of Arvind Kejriwal who ensures that Kejriwal takes his food and medicines on time. He was one of the two persons (the other being Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita) who was allowed to meet him when he was in prison.

• Kumar made headlines in May 2024 for assaulting Swati Maliwal. An FIR was also registered against Kumar by the Delhi Police.

• On 17 May 2024, a CCTV video went viral in which Maliwal was seen using abusive words towards Bibhav Kumar after he assaulted her while security guards were telling her to leave Kejriwal’s residence.