Chandigarh stalking case: Vikas Barala claims he is the 'real victim', Varnika Kundu calls it a 'blatant lie'

A day after being granted bail in the sensational Chandigarh stalking case, Vikas Barala on Saturday claimed innocence and said all charges levelled against him are "baseless and false".

Vikas Barala, son of Haryana's BJP chief Subhash Barala, also went on to say that he is the real 'victim' of the case in a video made by him.

"You have all been hearing a lot about me in the last five months. First and foremost, I would like to tell you that I am completely innocent. All charges levelled against me are false and baseless. I am the real victim here," Barala said in the video.

"I was not once being asked of what I have to say or what the actual facts are. Many believed that I was guilty without listening to what I have to say," Barala added.

In the video, Barala said that since he was the son of a politician he was targeted to demean his father's image. "My father is the state president of a political party and many parties are targeting me," Barala said. "Political circumstances were so grave that my father could not meet me or my lawyer as people start accusing a father for only helping his son," he added. He rubbished all the molestation and eve-teasing charges levelled against him and urged the public to only believe in "facts".

However, victim Varnika Kundu on Saturday called Barala's YouTube video a "blatant lie" and "baseless". "We have kept our complete faith in judicial system. And I am hoping that such a baseless video which is clearly a blatant lie will not affect the actual proceedings of law," Kundu told ANI.

Earlier on October 13, a Chandigarh court framed Vikas Barala on charges of stalking and attempting to kidnap the senior IAS officer's daughter. The incident, which took place on August 4, hit the national headlines,  when Kundu accused Vikas and his friend Ashish Kumar of following her car in the middle of the night in Chandigarh.

The two men were then arrested on the basis of her complaint but were released on bail, as they were booked under bailable sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Motor Vehicles Act. However, they were arrested again on August 9 under sections 365 (Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person) and 511 (attempt to commit punishable offence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).