Vikas Barala, son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, and his friend, Ashish Kumar, both facing charges of stalking and attempted abduction of a 29 year-old woman were on Thursday remanded to two-day police custody by a local court.
Chandigarh police produced the accused at the Sector 43 district court here and sought their custody, as it was required to reconstruct the crime scene and verify facts.
Both the accused were remanded to police custody till August 12 by Civil judge Barjinder Pal Singh. The defence pleaded that the case had been built only on apprehension of abduction, and created due to pressure.
The duo was kept at the Sector 26 police station after police rearrested them on Wednesday, as they were charged with Sections 365 and 511 of the IPC for attempt to abduct, in the FIR already registered against them. They allegedly stalking and harassing the young woman in Chandigarh last week.
Vikas and Ashish were earlier arrested on Saturday on the complaint of the victim, the daughter of an IAS officer, who accused them of chasing her car and trying to kidnap her on Friday night. They had been released on bail.
The accused were summoned by the police on Wednesday as part of the investigation and arrested after interrogation.
Police said interrogation of the accused provided vital information, besides evidence from CCTV.