Law should take its own course, says accused father and Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala.
Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, whose son has been accused of stalking a woman, on Tuesday said that the victim is like his daughter.
Varnika Kundu, a daughter of a bureaucrat, had called up the police on Friday night complaining that two youth were chasing her along a stretch of over five km here.
Following which, Subhash Barala's son Vikas (23) and Ashish Kumar (27) were arrested. However, both were released later on bail as they were booked under bailable sections of the IPC and the Motor Vehicles Act.
"Varnika is like my daughter, there is no pressure to influence the investigation," said Subhash Barala.
Barala also said that the law should take its own course. "BJP is party which believes in women's rights and freedom," he said.
The victim had expressed her anguish in a social media post saying she was lucky not to be the daughter of a commoner or else who knows what her fate could be.
"There were two guys inside the SUV, and they seemed to really be enjoying harassing a lone girl in the middle of the night, judging by how often their car swerved, just enough to scare me that it might hit me," she said in a Facebook post. "I'm lucky, it seems, to not be the daughter of a common man, because what chance would they have against such VIPs? I'm also lucky, because I'm not lying raped and murdered in a ditch somewhere. If this can happen in Chandigarh, it can happen anywhere," she said in a Facebook post.
Meanwhile, Chandigarh Police has retrieved footage of five CCTV cameras on the route that has reportedly gone missing.
The Chandigarh Police had also said it will not hesitate to add non-bailable provisions in the case if legal opinion is in its favour.
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh condemned the alleged incident and said no attempt should be made to dilute charges against the accused.
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