Varnika Kundu stalking case: Accused refuse to give blood, urine samples
August 09, 2017  11:23
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Tajender Singh Luthra, Director General of Police (DGP), Chandigarh, today informed that both the accused in the Chandigarh stalking case had refused to give their blood and urine samples for the investigation.

"The duty doctor did want to take the blood and urine sample, but the accused are law graduates, they knew the law very well. Therefore, they refused to give the blood and urine sample," DGP Luthra said.

He, however, added that such a refusal shall be held against them in the investigation and during the trail.

DGP Luthra assured that the investigation will not take much time and everything under the sun will be done to reach the justice.

"We have captured the CCTV footage from six different places and that clearly indicates that the accused were chasing the car of the girl. We have enough information for now, additional evidence will be welcomed," he said.

Luthra also highlighted that the investigation has now reached a critical stage and that is why both the accused- Vikas Barala and Ashish Kumar, have been summoned to appear before the police today.

"They have been asked to appear at 11 am today. They will be interrogated once they will come and after that further course of investigation will be decided," he said.

Earlier in the day, Vikas Barala, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Haryana chief Subhash Barala, who is an accused in the stalking case Varnika Kundu in Chandigarh, was summoned by the Chandigarh Police.

The Chandigarh Police has asked Vikas to appear before the Station House Officer (SHO) of Sector-26 Police Station at 11 a.m. 'sharp' on Wednesday.

The notice been issued under 160 Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the case has been filed against Barala under Section 354D (stalking), 341 (wrongful restraint), 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 185 MV Act (rash driving).

On Tuesday, Subhash Barala for the very first time broke his silence on the matter and asserted that he is not using his political influence to pressurize the investigation in the matter.

He further said the victim Varnika Kundu, who was stalked by his son, is like his daughter and he will cooperate to bring justice to her."Investigation is being done in Varnika Kundu case.

Whatever action is required it will be taken against Vikas in this case. BJP bats for daughter's freedom and Varnika Kundu is like my daughter. Neither I nor BJP is pressuring anyone in this matter," he told ANI exclusively.

The Congress has accused the BJP of hatching conspiracy and pressurizing Chandigarh administration to protect the son of Haryana BJP chief.
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