Haryana BJP chief's son held for stalking woman

Police said the victim was in her car when she observed that two youths in a white-colored Safari car were chasing her.

Two men, including the son of the Haryana BJP president Subhash Barala, were arrested by police for stalking a woman at Madhya Marg in Chandigarh on Friday night. Vikas Barala, son of the BJP leader and his friend Ashish Kumar were arrested in an inebriated condition.

Police said the accused were drunk and followed girl's car at night.

"Vikas is a law graduate and residing at Sector 7 here (Chandigarh) and Ashish is a law student and friend of Vikas. Vikas's father is a senior politician in Haryana. We arrested both of them under Section 354D of IPC. The victim's statement is being recorded under section 164 of CrPC before a local magistrate," Indian Express quoted Satish Kumar, DSP (East) as saying.

Police said the victim was in her car when she observed that two youths in a white-colored Safari car were chasing her. She made a call to the police control room (PCR) at 12.35 am. The Safari was intercepted at the Housing Board Light point by a PCR van and a police vehicle.

A case was registered at Sector 26 police station.

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