Kirron Kher slams Haryana BJP Vice President for asking girls to stay at home late night

A day after the son of Haryana BJP chief was arrested for allegedly stalking a senior IAS officer’s daughter, party's  state Vice President Ramveer Bhatti triggered an outrage when he said girls should avoid going out during night to keep themselves safe.

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Kher, who is also the BJP MP from Chandigarh, disapproved Bhatti's comment.

Speaking about her colleague's comment, Kher told NDTV: "I am embarrassed that you (correspondent) are calling him (Bhatti) my colleague."

Though the Haryana BJP VP condemned the incident, he carried on to say girls should not stay out at late night to keep themselves safe.

Countering the precautionary measure for girls suggested by Bhatti, Kher said: "Why? What happens to boys at night? Then the boys must stay at home during night time."

However, Kher lauded the Chandigarh police for doing an excellent work. Regarding the dropped charges against the accused, the BJP MP said: "Charges can be dropped and reapplied as well."

Police arrested Vikas Barala, the 23-year-old son of BJP’s Subhash Barala, and his friend Ashish Kumar, 27, from the Housing Board light point late on Friday night.

Both were later released on bail.

The Chandigarh Police on Monday said they are doing everything to help the victim.

Giving an update on the stalking case, the Chandigarh police said: "Technical analysis is going on."

The police refused to give any details of the ongoing investigation to the media.

Speaking about the charges, the police said: "We will give the sections (frame charges) which are demanding."

The Chandigarh MP also took on the Congress party as she accused the latter for politicising the whole incident.

The victim Varnika Kundu, who is a video jockey, alleged on Friday night her car was followed by a Tata Safari Storm (HR-23G-1008).

According to her, the men driving the SUV were drunk and pulled up close to her car several time.

She alleged that they even tried to block her way to force her to other routes.

She claimed that at one point, the SUV blocked her way and the person in the co-driver’s seat got down and started walking towards her vehicle.

She then  reversed the vehicle and started moving. However, the men continued to follow her.

The girl then called up the 100 helpline and gave the number details of the SUV and her location.

In a latest development to the Chandigarh stalking case, the police on Tuesday said the CCTV footage of the night is available.

Image: Official Facebook page of Kirron Kher.