Just in: Vikas Barala and Ashish Singh, the two accused in the Chandigarh stalking case, have been sent to two-day police custody, till August 12. The defence says the attempt to kidnap charge is based on apprehension and that neither Vikas nor his friend were carrying any weapons. The defence said it was a case of media trial. Vikas Barala was interrogated for three hours.

On August 5, Vikas Barala, son of BJP Haryana unit President Subhash Barala, was arrested on the charges of stalking and harassing an IAS officer's daughter in Chandigarh. He was, however, granted bail on the same day.

Subhash Barala, however, rebuffed the claim of pressurising or influencing the police in the case. Vikas and Ashish Kumar appeared in Chandigarh Sector 26 Police Station yesterday.

Director General of Police Chandigarh Tajender Singh Luthra had said that Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's son Vikas and his friend Ashish were slapped with charges of abduction.

The notice was issued to both the accused 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). -- ANI