Victim's IAS dad urges people to fight crime against women

An IAS officer, whose daughter was allegedly stalked by the son of a senior Haryana BJP leader, on Sunday took to social media and urged people to fight crime against women while also sharing the ordeal his family had gone through.

The victim also expressed her anguish in a post saying she was lucky not to be the daughter of a commoner or else who knows what her fate could be.

"If we do not persist in trying to bring the guilty to justice, more and more daughters will suffer this hurt," said victim's father, in a Facebook post.

The son of Haryana's ruling BJP chief Subhash Barala was yesterday arrested along with his friend for allegedly stalking the woman here.

Both the accused, Vikas Barala (23) and Ashish Kumar (27), were released later on bail as they were booked under bailable sections of the IPC and the Motor Vehicles Act, amid political outcry.

The incident had come to light when the woman, around 28 years of age, called up the police on Friday night and complained that two youth were chasing her.

The father of the victim in his Facebook post thanked the Chandigarh police for being helpful and efficient in handling the matter.

While stating how his family had gone through a "horrendous experience", he said that it will take a long time for his daughter "to go back to a normal life."

Giving reasons for the Facebook post, the father said, "Our clear intention is to bring the culprits to book."

The woman in her complaint had alleged that two youth in an SUV followed her when she was driving from the Sector 8 market in Chandigarh towards Panchkula on the intervening night of

August 4 and 5.