Vikas Barala, the son of Haryana BJP chief Shubhash Barala, who was arrested on Wednesday for stalking and attempting to kidnap a woman on the streets of Chandigarh last week, has reportedly accepted the charges against him before the Chandigarh Police.

Four days after being let off on bail, Barala (23) and his friend Ashish Kumar were finally arrested on Wednesday after massive outrage in the Parliament and in media.

The victim, 29-year-old Varnika Kundu, daughter of a bureaucrat, shared the entire ordeal of being chased by Vikas and his friend Ashish Kumar for hours on Friday night in a Facebook post. Kundu, who works as a DJ, said they blocked her car, banged on her window and even tried to force open the door.

Vikas Barala and his friend Ashish Kumar were first arrested on Saturday. The two men were initially charged under five different sections of the Indian Penal Code. However, two sections (IPC Sections 365 and 511), which related to kidnapping, were dropped on Saturday, following which Vikas and Ashish were released on bail from the police station itself. The two charges that were dropped were non-bailable offences. Soon Varnika Kundu's Facebook post went viral leading to massive outrage on social media and in the Parliament. Questions were raised on Chandigarh Police for diluting the case as Vikas is Haryana state BJP chief's son. The case also took a political turn with Opposition targeting the BJP. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said that the BJP government in the state must ensure that the guilty get punished and must not "collude" with culprits. Opposition also demanded Vikas's father Shubhash Barala's resignation, which the latter refused to do. Questions were also raised at Varnika for stepping out so late in the night. Vikas Barala's cousin Kuldeep Barala shared her photograph's on social media questioning her character. Interestingly, Kuldeep himself is accused of abducting a minor girl and a case was registered against him on May 8 2017. However, with full support from her IAS father, Varnika said that she shall not back down. There were 9 CCTV cameras on the entire stretch from Sector 5 to Sector 23, out of which footage from five cameras were recovered on Monday. BJP MP Subramnian Swamy on Tuesday said that he has filed a PIL and would seek a CBI inquiry in the matter if he need be. "The reason I have to file the PIL is because the police had already done the somersault in the FIR. They have listed only bailable offences. The police succumbed to some pressure. In the court monitor I will seek CBI inquiry, if necessary, with the SIT so that justice is done," ANI's report quoted Swamy as saying. Chandigarh Police will produce Vikas and Ashish in the magistrate court today afternoon. According to reports, the police wanted to recreate a crime scene.

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