Haryana BJP chief’s son re-arrested for attempting to abduct girl

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August 9, 2017

Chandigarh, Aug 9: The Chandigarh police today finally re-arrested Vikas Barala, the accused son of Haryana BJP president, and his accomplice after they were charged with attempted abduction in the high profile Varnika Kundu stalking case.

 The arrest and pressing of fresh charges against the accused came five days after the incident that arguably exposed the ‘shoddy’ investigation by the cops in an alleged attempt to protect the politician's son.

The bail earlier granted to the accused was cancelled. The two accused were taken into custody. Their interrogation continued for long inside the police station.

The new IPC sections (365 and 511) added against the accused are non-bailable which means that the VIP accused law graduate Vikas will have to go to jail. The charges attract a maximum punishment of 7-years, Punjab and Haryana High Court advocate Mohit Garg told Deccan Herald.

Chandigarh DGP TS Luthra said the accused will be presented before the Court tomorrow. He said the police will seek their police remand which is necessary to corroborate evidence they have gathered so far in the case.

Victim Varnika, daughter of senior bureaucrat VS Kundu, reacted saying its a great development, but just the beginning of the process to justice.

Earlier in the day, the police pasted summons outside his house directing Vikas to appear before the police at 11 am on Wednesday. Nearly three hours later, Vikas and the other accused Ashish drove in an SUV to the police station.

The police had been dilly-dallying to charge Vikas under sections of attempted abduction. But amid allegations of succumbing to pressure and shoddy probe, the police found it difficult to resists criticism from various quarters including the media and the civil society.

After the flip-flop on the CCTV camera footage, it has now come to light that the blood and urine samples of the two accused were not taken to the hospital. This could have been crucial evidence in the case.

The duty doctor and the police said the two accused refused their blood and urine samples despite the doctor noting that the two were drunk.

It has also come to fore that BJP president Subhash Barala tried frantically to contact Varnika’s father VS Kundu that night when the incident took place. The father did not accept his calls.

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February 11,2020

New Delhi, Feb 11: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari on Tuesday said the party will review why it failed to meet its own expectations in the Assembly polls and saw a moral victory in the fact that the party's vote share has increased since 2015.

"Delhi must have given mandate after careful thinking. Our vote percentage has increased from 32 per cent to around 38 per cent. Delhi did not reject us and the increase (in vote share) is a good sign for us," he told reporters.

He said the BJP hopes that there would be less blame game and more work in the national capital and congratulated Arvind Kejriwal on his party's victory in the polls.

After winning the Patparganj seat, AAP senior leader Manish Sisodia accused the BJP of indulging in the politics of hate.

"We indulge in politics of development not politics of hate. We're against the roadblock in Shaheen Bagh as we were earlier," he said.

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May 27,2020

Bengaluru, May 27: Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa on Wednesday said that his government will re-open temples, mosques and churches in the state after May 31.

"We are going to open temples, mosques and churches in the state after May 31, he said while speaking to media in Bengaluru.

The Chief Minister added that the "guidelines will be followed" as suggested by experts for opening the worship places.

"We have no objections to open malls and cinema halls, but we are waiting for the guidelines of the central government, Prime Minister will take decisions to allow malls and cinemas to open," he added.

Yediyurappa has said that people from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu will not be allowed in the state till May 31.

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February 29,2020

New Delhi, Feb 29: Amid the raging communal violence in the entire north-east Delhi earlier this week, there were people who were trying to save persons and families from the "other community" from the fury of the mobs of their own community.

Naeem Ali Pradhan, 34, from Shiv Vihar, helped at least 7-8 Hindus on the night of February 24 -- when the violence was at its peak-- escape to safer locations. Shiv Vihar is one of the worst affected areas in the violence.

According to Naeem Ali, that night mobs attacked dozens of shops on the road and later tried to enter inside the residential areas.

Suddenly, he spotted a group of youth who were looking hassled and frantically asking for directions.

"I saw them. Thye were Hindus who were trying to escape a mob looking to target them. They had lost their way inside the streets of our colony. I along with other Muslim men escorted them to the nearby Hindu locality," Naeem, who is also a member of the Aman Committee constituted by the Delhi police, told ANI.

"Several shops which were on the roads including some showrooms were attacked by a group. These Hindus were worried as a mob which was on the main road was attacking people. They asked me the address of a colony as they were unable to find their way," Naeem said.

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