CCTV Footage Against Vikas Barala In Haryana Stalking Case Confirms Him Accused:- The two accused - Vikas Barala, the son of Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief, Subhash Barala, and his friend Ashish Kumar - in the infamous Chandigarh stalking case are in more trouble.

Now, a CCTV footage, dated August 4 (before the crime took place), has emerged which clearly shows that the accused men were purchasing alcohol from a store before chasing down Varnika Kundu on the intervening night of August 4 and August 5.

The footage shows Vikas and Ashish buying alcohol from a shop located in Chandigarh sector 9.

The latest evidence strengthens the 29-year-old DJ’s claim that the duo were allegedly in an inebriated state while they chased her for seven-eight kilometers when she was driving back home in her car from Chandigarh to Panchkula.

On Wednesday, after police filed abduction charges against Vikas and Ashish, the two accused were arrested for the second time. A Chandigarh court, on Thursday, sent Vikas and his friend to two-day police custody. Vikas and his friend were arrested on the charges of drunken driving, stalking and harassing Varnika in Chandigarh, on the day of crime too. However, they were granted bail within a few hours.

After public outcry, Varnika and her father Virender Kundu, wrote in detail about the ordeal on social media. To pursue the matter seriously, police woke up from its slumber. Mr. Virender Kundu is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.

Under 160 Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a notice was issued to both the accused. And under Section 354D (stalking), 341 (wrongful restraint), 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 185 MV Act (driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs), a case has been registered.

Director General of Police Chandigarh Tajender Singh Luthra said that the charges of abduction were slapped against Vikas and his friend Ashish. Luthra added that both the accused had refused to give their blood and urine sample for the investigation. This has indeed spurred doubts about them being possibly drunk.

“The duty doctor did want to take the blood and urine sample, but the accused are law graduates, they knew the law very well. Therefore, they refused to give the blood and urine sample,” DGP Luthra told the reporters.

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