Chandigarh: Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari today accused the Chandigarh Police of diluting the criminal case registered against state BJP president Subhash Barala’s son Vikas Barala, who was arrested for stalking and attempting to ‘kidnap’ a girl on Friday night, by succumbing to political pressure.

Chandigarh: Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari today accused the Chandigarh Police of diluting the criminal case registered against state BJP president Subhash Barala’s son Vikas Barala, who was arrested for stalking and attempting to ‘kidnap’ a girl on Friday night, by succumbing to political pressure.

Addressing mediapersons here today, Tewari alleged that the police facilitated Vikas’s bail and did not apply non-bailable Sections 365 and 511 of the IPC in the FIR, though the victim had clearly stated that attempt was made to kidnap her.

“What message does the Chandigarh Police want to give to young girls of the city who have to go out for work that if a man making predatory overtures to them happens to be related to a senior BJP leader?” he asked.

Describing the police action as reprehensible, Tewari said the police, perhaps, wanted to tell people that it had different sets of laws to apply on common people and those connected politically.