The Punjab Police on Saturday, March 2, arrested Chandigarh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secretary Anit Chaudhary’s son Vishant Chaudhary for allegedly stalking and threatening a dental college student on February 23 in Chandigarh.
Vishant knew the victim from before as they had studied in the same institute — he pursued engineering, while she was a student of Bachelor of Dental Science — till March 2018, The Indian Express reported. The woman lodged an FIR against Vishant alleging that he chased her vehicle from Sector 15 Iron Market and threatened her at gunpoint at Kalagram light point in Chandigarh on February 23. She called the Chandigarh police control room number to register her complaint. The matter was later referred to the Panchkula police and the case was registered at the Women Police Station in Sector 5, the report added.
“Vishant Chaudhary was called to the police station today (Saturday). He was accompanied by his father. We arrested him. He will be produced in a local court tomorrow. Earlier also, we had recorded his statement twice but he was arrested when huge contradictions emerged between his statements. He is denying the claim of (the) complainant that he was carrying a pistol on February 23. We will apply for his police custody tomorrow,” probe officer Inspector Ajit Singh, SHO of Women Police Station-5, told The Indian Express.
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