Uttarakhand: SIT could not recover Ankita’s mobile, 500-page charge sheet filed in court, included these evidences and witnesses, hearing on 22

In the Ankita murder case, a 500-page charge sheet has been filed by the prosecution in the court of Kotdwar Judicial Magistrate Bhavna Pandey. It contains the names of 100 witnesses and more than 30 documentary evidences. Charges have been leveled under IPC sections, 354 A, 302, 201 120 B and Immoral Trade Act in the charge sheet. The next hearing in this case will be on December 22, in which the court will take cognizance of the charge sheet and will also consider the permission for the narco test. ADG law and order and police spokesperson V Murugesan said that the three accused were arrested on September 22, 2022. As per rules, the police had 90 days to file the charge sheet. Even before this, statements of 100 witnesses were recorded in 86 days of investigation. Magisterial statements of key witnesses have also been recorded. Forensic investigation report, post mortem report, electronic evidence have been included in the charge sheet. Supplementary charge sheet will be filed separately after the hearing.

Ankita’s mobile was not found

SIT has not been able to recover Ankita’s mobile. Nor has Pulkit’s main mobile phone come into the hands of the police. In this case, a central forensic investigation has been conducted of one mobile of Pulkit and the mobiles of the other two accused. All these reports have been included in the charge sheet.

This is the whole matter

On the night of September 18, Pulkit Arya, the owner of Vanantra Resort, had given a missing complaint to the Revenue police post about his employee Ankita Bhandari. The matter was investigated laxly for about three days. After this, on the instructions of the government, the matter was handed over to the regular police. When the police strictly interrogated Pulkit Arya, manager Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit, they spilled the beans. It is learned that there was a fight between Pulkit and Ankita. While returning from Rishikesh, there was again a dispute between Ankita and Pulkit on the canal side and in the meantime Pulkit pushed Ankita into the canal. The police had arrested Pulkit, Ankit and Saurabh in this case on 22 September.

He will be the main witness

▪️Resort staff
▪️AIIMS doctor who did Ankita’s postmortem
▪️DNA forensic expert
▪️Forensic Doctor in Central FSL
▪️Plaintiff Ankita’s father
▪️Investigating police officer

These are documentary and material evidence

▪️Ankita’s post mortem report
▪️Swab dna report
▪️Mobile forensic report
▪️Ankita’s clothes
▪️Mobiles of the three accused
▪️Pushp and Ankita’s chat