Chandigarh stalking case: BJP leader son asked to join police investigation

Chandigarh stalking case: BJP leader son Vikas Barala asked to join police investigation

Vikas Barala, Haryana, stalking — Vikas Barala, son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala

Last Updated : Aug 09 2017 | 11:32 AM IST

The Chandigarh Police today asked Vikas, the son of Haryana BJP leader Subhash Barala, to join the investigation into alleged stalking case of a woman here in which he is an accused.

A notice of summons was pasted outside the house of the accused here.

Vikas Barala has been asked to join the investigation by 11 am at the sector-26 police station, a police official said.

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Vikas (23) and his friend Ashish Kumar (27) have been booked under sections 354 D (stalking), 341 of IPC (punishment for wrongful restraint) and also section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act (driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs).

Both were earlier arrested for allegedly stalking the 29 -year-old woman but were released on bail subsequently.

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