After the police arrested two persons, including son of Haryana unit chief of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for allegedly stalking a senior IAS officer’s daughter in Chandigarh, the duo got bail within a day. Vikas Barala, 23, son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, and his friend Ashish Kumar, 27, were arrested in the early hours of Saturday and later released. Apart from physically following a woman, stalking can also be done through internet, email and messages on phone. Section 354 pertains to sexual harassment, of which stalking is one of the offences besides criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe and voyeurism. It was around 2am on the night intervening Friday and Saturday; and that’s when BJP leaders from Haryana started coming to the station, sources said.

Source: Hindustan Times August 05, 2017 17:11 UTC