Chandigarh stalking case: Vikas Barala appears before police after being summoned

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New Delhi:  Vikas Barala, son of Haryana BJP chief, on Wednesday afternoon reached police station in Chandigarh after being summoned in a stalking case, say police Heavy security had been deployed at Sector 26 Police station where Vikas had appeared.

Heavy security at Sector 26 Police station in Chandigarh where Vikas Barala will appear shortly after being summoned pic.twitter.com/z0s9zI6Cna

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Police had summoned Vikas at 11 am on Wednesday.

This is for the first time Vikas is appearing before the cops. Earlier during the day, Subhash Barala addressed a press conference and said "Vikas was out of town. He has been informed about the summon. He will appear before the police officials and co-operate fully in the investigation."

On Tuesday, the Chandigarh police had said  that they got video clips from five CCTV cameras. In these clips, Vikas Barala can be seen stalking the Varnika Kundu, the daughter of Haryana IAS officer. Watch Video The IAS officer, meanwhile, whose daughter was allegedly stalked by a senior BJP leader's son and his friend, took to social media to seek "maximum punishment" for the accused, adding that he will move court if charges against the duo were "diluted". He, however, asserted that the family would not interfere with the investigation. "We will not interfere with the investigation or the prosecution, just as we do not want the accused to influence the investigation in any way. The police and prosecution should be allowed to do their job. "We will join the investigation whenever required by the police. We will contest in the court if we feel the charges are diluted or inadequately framed," the bureaucrat said in a Facebook post. He promised the people who were supporting his family that, "WE SHALL NOT, EVER, BACK OUT OR STAND DOWN, irrespective of hardships or pressures". The IAS officer said the accused being law students were fully aware of the consequences of their action. "Our target is to ensure that the guilty are brought to book. They are adult men, students of law, who are fully aware of the consequences of their actions, and hence must be appropriately punished. (With inputs from agencies)