New Delhi/Chandigarh Aug 7 (IANS) BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy on Monday said that he is going to file a public interest litigation (PIL) in the case of "attempted abduction of a IAS officer s daughter by two drunk goons" in Chandigarh.
"Police did a u-turn in the case. They booked the accused under a bailable offence and then let them go " Swamy told IANS.
"I will file a PIL with my associate lawyer A.P. Jagga in Chandigarh on attempted abduction of the IAS officer s daughter by two drunk goons. Why I am going to file the PIL is because this is a matter of women s rights and women s safety " he added.
Varnika Kundu daughter of Haryana s Additional Chief Secretary V.S. Kundu was allegedly stalked for nearly seven km by Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala s son Vikas Barala and his friend Ashish Kumar around midnight on August 4.
The 29-year-old was driving towards the adjoining Panchkula town when according to her complaint the two men followed her in their Tata Safari Storm SUV.
The Chandigarh Police on August 5 arrested Vikas and Ashish from the Housing Board light point and booked them under section 354 D (stalking a woman) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
While the Chandigarh Police on Monday said that there were no CCTV footage of the incident as all the nine CCTV cameras along the route -- from Sector 7 to Housing Board traffic light point -- were found to be "non-functional" the Congress accused the Union Home Ministry of trying to protect the son of Haryana BJP President by diluting the charges.
--IANS
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