Haryana BJP chief's son arrested for stalking woman

August 06, 2017 09:35

The son of Haryana's ruling BJP chief was on Saturday arrested along with his friend for allegedly stalking a girl in Chandigarh.

Both the accused, Vikas Barala and Ashish Kumar, were released later on bail as they were booked under bailable sections of the IPC and the Motor Vehicles Act.

As the issue triggered a political outcry, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the law will take its own course.

Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala said he respects the law and the "truth" will come out through the court.

The incident came to light when a girl called up the police last night, complaining that two boys were chasing her.

"We received a complaint from a girl (who was driving a car) that somebody was chasing her. We flashed the number of vehicle and found two boys sitting in the SUV. Then PCR staff located them and apprehended them," UT Chandigarh Police DSP Satish Kumar told reporters here today.

"After getting complaint from the girl, we booked both Vikas Barala and Ashish Kumar and arrested them immediately," the DSP said.

He said the accused had allegedly chased the girl from for some distance. "They even tried to stop the (girl's) vehicle twice or thrice. They also banged the girl's vehicle with hands," the DSP said while quoting the complaint of girl.

"We got the medical (examination) conducted of both the boys and found the presence of alcohol in them," said DSP.

Police then impounded the vehicle of boys.

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