Vikas Barala stalking: Babul Supriyo turns BJP’s #StalkRakshak

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NEW DELHI: After BJP Maharashtra spokesperson Shaina NC and party vice president Ramveer Bhatti embarrassing comments that drew widespread criticism, another leader from the ruling party raked up a controversy in Vikas Barala stalking.

Singer-turned-politician and union minister in the Modi cabinet Babul Supriyo has made a series of tweets in defence of the accused Vikas Barala and normalised the crime by terming it as a ‘mischief’.

His first tweet read: “Guys, think rationally? A guy chases a girl – he’s drunk! Deplorable? But why charge him with ‘Abduction’ etc without investigation?”

He then tweeted: “Why drag his father into it? Just (be)cause a Neta’s son’s mischief make better headlines? ‘Desh ki Beti ko insaaf chahiye?’ etc etc!  Why?” followed by, “If investigations reveal the guy guilty of non-bailable offences, law exists & it will prevail but taint the men in uniforms prematurely?”

Then,

“why aren’t the same justice seekers raising voices for the youngster hacked to death in Kerala or the 61-year-old woman raped & killed in WB too?”

And finally, “Now that I have u guys with your teeth & nails out, I request u 2 visit WB with me to fight against police atrocity and get justice for the old woman? Anyone?”

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In spite of being a woman herself, Shaina NC decided to attack on the Varnika’s character.

In an inappropriate comments on Twitter which she later deleted blaming “mischievous folks” for having hacked her account, she wrote. “So called victim Beti with Vikas Barala”, tweeted Shaina, while calling the Chandigarh stalking case as true as the news about Jasleen Kaur and Rohtak Sisters.

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Just to refresh your memory, on Friday night of August 5, 29-year-old Varnika Kundu, a disc jockey in Chandigarh was allegedly chased and harassed by Haryana BJP leader Subhash Barala’s son, Vikas Barala and his friend Ashish Kumar followed her car in an SUV. The two who were drunk later got arrested after the timely intervention of the police.

A notice was issued to both the accused under 160 Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the case has been filed against Barala under Section 354D (stalking), 341 (wrongful restraint), 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 185 MV Act (rash driving).

Vikas Barala was, however, granted bail on the same day.

The woman then put a Facebook post in which she narrated about the ordeal after which the incident sparked debate all over the country.

Activists, politicians and general public have strongly come out in support of the victim, who is a daughter of an IAS officer in Haryana.

An important development in the case has been the recovery of the CCTV footage of the accused’s car chasing the victim’s vehicle.

With agencies inputs