Uttarakhand : Women’s anger erupted on BJP leader’s son, beaten up by stopping a police car on the middle road
In Uttarakhand, the accused in the Ankita murder case, Pulkit Arya, Ankit and Saurabh Bhaskar have been assaulted by people. The incident happened when the police were taking the accused to Kotdwar to present them in the court. Meanwhile, Kodia ahead of the barrage bridge Hundreds of villagers stopped the police car in. In the case, all the accused have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
During this, the villagers also misbehaved with the journalists covering the matter and snatched their mobiles. It is noteworthy that Ankita Bhandari was a receptionist at a private resort in Yamkeshwar assembly area of Pauri Garhwal district.
He was killed by being pushed down a hill into the Ganges. Ankita’s body has not been recovered yet. Police and SDRF teams are conducting a search operation. Ankita, 19, was missing from September 18-19. A campaign was going on on social media to find the missing.
The murder was committed on September 18
After the arrest of the accused in this case, the police told that Ankita was murdered on the night of 18th. Police arrested three people including Pulkit Arya, son of BJP leader in this case. Ankita was the receptionist at Pulkit Arya’s resort.
#WATCH | Rishikesh, Uttarakhand: Locals gheraoed Police vehicle that was carrying the accused in #AnkitaBhandari murder case earlier today. They also thrashed the accused.
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) September 23, 2022
Police tweeted that the three confessed to having pushed her into a canal after a dispute and she drowned. pic.twitter.com/VToUUhYX4o
In the case, DGP Ashok Kumar said, “A missing complaint was registered with the Revenue Police, which was transferred to the regular police the same day. In 24 hours, three accused, including the main accused Pulkit Arya, were arrested by the Laxman Jhula police.”
Trying to trick the police
Pulkit Arya, the operator of the resort, told the police, “Receptionist Ankita Bhandari lived in a separate room. She was going through mental stress for a few days. Due to this, on September 18, she took her for a tour of Rishikesh.
He further said, “Returned from there late at night. After this everyone went to sleep in different rooms made in the resort. But, on the morning of 19 September, Ankita was missing from her room.”
