Vikas Barala, the son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, was arrested on Wednesday after being charged with trying to kidnap a woman he had stalked and followed on the streets of Chandigarh last week. After interrogating him for nearly three hours, the police said it has evidence and witnesses against the 23-year-old law student, who had earlier been let off on bail but now faces up to seven years in jail.
The two will be produced in Chandigarh court today.
Varnika Kundu, the daughter of a bureaucrat, had posted on Facebook a harrowing account of being chased for several kilometres by Vikas and his friend Ashish on Friday after midnight. The 29-year-old DJ said they blocked her car, banged on her window and even tried to force open her door. The chase was caught on six CCTVs, the footage showing a white SUV racing after Ms Kundu's black sedan.
After Ms Kundu's Facebook post went viral and led to massive public outrage, the spotlight was on the police, which was accused of trying to dilute the case under pressure from the state's ruling BJP.
"We welcome any evidence but we now have sufficient evidence in the case...Everything under the sun will be done to ensure justice," he said.
Sources in the home ministry say when they refused to go to a hospital for tests, a doctor was called to examine them and he noted that they reeked of alcohol.
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