The Uttarakhand Police arrested Mr. Pulkit Arya, the owner of a resort in Rishikesh and the son of Mr. Vinod Arya, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader.
It is to be noted, Vinod Arya is the BJP leader from Haridwar and a former chairman of Uttarakhand Mati Kala Board. He also has been granted a state minister’s rank but holds no post in the State Government.
Besides Pulkit Arya, the police arrested two of his resort staff in connection with a murder of a 19 year old girl, a receptionist at Pulkit’s resort. The girl, identified as Ankita Bhandari was allegedly missing since the past five to six days and on the evening of the 23rd of September, Friday, the police recovered the body of Ankita from Pauri Garhwal’s Nandalsun belt. After the recovery of the girl’s body, the State Police arrested Pulkit Arya, the owner of the resort, located near Yamkeshwar block of Pauri district.
Ashok Kumar, the Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttarakhand said, “The girl, identified as Ankita Bhandari, went missing five or six days ago. The area of the resort didn’t come under a regular PS area. There’s a patwari police system here, and an FIR was registered under that. It was done on behalf of the resort owner.”
The matter drew fuel from the citizens of Uttarakhand, women came out on roads and marched, protesting against the ruling BJP Government and demanding justice.
Meanwhile, the case has been transferred to the Laxman Jhula Police, who worked out the case within 24 hours and arrested three people. Three accused, including owner Pulkit, were arrested and has been taken into custody for further investigation.
In addition, Mr. Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, expressed grief over the incident and assured that the culprits in the matter won’t be spared. “This is a very sad incident… whoever the culprit is, no one will be spared,” said Mr. Pushkar Singh Dhami.
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