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Stalking accused out of law officers’ list after row
Hindustan Times
|July 29, 2025
The Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government on Monday removed Vikas Barala from the post of assistant advocate general for Haryana, 10 days after his appointment stirred a row due to his alleged involvement in the 2017 Varnika Kundu stalking case.
Barala, the son of Rajya Sabha member and former Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, was yet to join the post and his appointment ‘was part of a broader recruitment of 100 law officers, which was officially notified on July18.
On July 27, 45 retired IAS officers wrote an open letter to Saini against the decision to appoint Barala. “We are shocked to learn that a stalking accused has been named AAG by your government. He will work as the state legal officer when he himself is on the wrong side of the law. By appointing him, you have gone against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Beti Bachao slogan,” the letter read.
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