Chandigarh stalking case: Probe hits roadblock

What has further weakened the case is the failure of the police to obtain a medical examination of the accused two hours prior to the FIR being registered.

The police are in dilemma whether to slap charges under attempt to kidnap against Vikas Barala, son of Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Subhash Barala, and his friend Ashish Kumar. Varnika Kundu, 29, alleged the two stalked her on Friday night.

The police which at first said that there was no CCTV footage finally managed to retrieve the same from a private camera. However the probe has not taken off as the footage that was retrieved was of poor quality. The police are finding it hard to ascertain whether an attempt to kidnap was made as was alleged by Varnika.

With the footage clearly not giving enough evidence whether a kidnap attempt was made or not, the police would not have to rely on the statements of the victim.

What has further weakened the case is the failure of the police to obtain a medical examination of the accused two hours prior to the FIR being registered. The accused duo had refused to give blood and urine samples.

The medical examination report reads, "Their breath smelled of alcohol and their eyes were red (congestion of the conjunctiva) and both denied to give blood and urine samples to testify the blood alcohol content

Vikas and Ashish were arrested from the Housing Board light point late on Friday night. Varnika, a disc jockey, who was driving from Sector 7, Chandigarh, towards Panchkula at 12.35am, alleged the two men followed her in their SUV.

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