Vikas Barala and his friend Ashish Kumar, who are accused of chasing and stalking Varnika Kundu, the daughter of a senior IAS officer in a bid to kidnap her, were sent to judicial custody till August 25 on Saturday. Vikas is the son of Haryana state BJP chief Subhash Barala. He was arrested on Thursday and sent to police custody for two days by a local court on Th
On Thursday, defence counsel Surya Prakash Garg had pleaded "not guilty" for the accused. He told the court that "neither any kidnapping nor any molestation or any other offence was committed", adding that the case was "just a media trial". However, based on the public prosecutor's plea, the court granted two-day police custody of the accused on grounds that they were needed to reconstruct the crime scene and establishing motive behind the crime.