Ankita bhandari news

New Delhi: 19-year-old woman receptionist Ankita Bhandari, who was allegedly killed in Uttarakhand by her employer, died due to drowning, news agency PTI reported on Sunday (September 25, 2022) citing the preliminary report. The draft report released by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, also said that antemortem injuries (injuries before death) have been found on Ankita Bhandari's body, suggestive of a blunt force trauma. The postmortem was conducted by a four-member team of doctors at AIIMS on Saturday and the details of injuries and other findings will be given in the final report. Ankita Bhandari's body was recovered from the Cheela canal close to Rishikesh early on Saturday, six days after her parents found her missing from her room. She worked at the Vanantara resort in Pauri district's Yamkeshwar block owned by Haridwar BJP leader Vinod Arya's son Pulkit Arya. Pulkit and two other employees have been arrested in the case. Will not perform Ankita Bhandari's last rites until we get detailed report: Family Meanwhile, "I am not satisfied with the provisional postmortem report. Her last rites will not be performed until we get the final detailed report," her father Virendra Singh Bhandari was quoted as saying by PTI. Her brother Ajay Singh Bhandari said the provisional report is lacking in detail. They also spoke against the demolition exercise carried out at the resort where she was working as a receptionist. "It may be an attempt to destroy evidenc...

Chaubey said the three accused- resort owner Pulkit Arya, manager Ankit Gupta, and Saurabh Bhaskar- have been booked under the Gangster Act and the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1986 at Lakshman Jhula police station. “Police will now probe their properties and attach them if found illegal,” added the SSP as reported by TOI. On Sunday, a minor fire broke out candy factory, which is sealed in view of the ongoing investigation, owned by Pulkit. The factory is a few kilometres from the resort. "Prima facie, a short circuit in the inverters on the first floor caused the fire. Some packaging material made of cardboard was burnt in the mishap" said inspector Vinod Gusain, SHO of Lakshman Jhula as reported by TOI. After the news of Ankita’s murder spread last month, violent protests erupted in areas surrounding the resort. The locals even break the window panes of the resort and some tried to torch a pickle factory on its premises. Later, the resort was demolished by the local administration, and a special investigation team (SIT) led by Deputy Inspector General P Renuka Devi was set up to probe the case.

The 19-year-old receptionist, Ankita Bhandari, died due to drowning, her autopsy report revealed. Three people, including the BJP leader's son, Pulkit Arya, along with two others have been arrested for her alleged murder. Uttarakhand DGP said that the girl was forced to commit 'wrongful activities'. Here's what we know so far. -While on their way back, the trio stopped to drink alcohol by a canal along Chila Road and Ankita waited for them. After some time, a quarrel broke out between the trio and the girl. The girl accused the three men of carrying out illicit activities at the resort owned by Pulkit Arya and threatened to go public. In a fit of anger, the three allegedly pushed the girl into the canal. -Hours before her alleged murder, Ankita Bhandari murder mystery deepens. India Today's Ankit Sharma gets us all the latest updates. - Based on the missing complaint, an FIR was registered three days later, on September 21. Uttarakhand's ALSO READ| -Initially, the accused tried to mislead police but they confessed to the crime when they were interrogated sternly. All three of them were presented before the court on Friday and were sent to 14 days of judicial custody. The father of the girl alleged that the girl was molested by the accused and the audio of the incident had been recorded. -Ankita reportedly told one of her close friends that the owner and managers of the resort where she worked were mounting pressure on her to provide 'special services' to clients. She told ...

Premium Ankita Bhandari murder: How dreams of freedom are shattered for working women in small-town India Neetha N. writes: Women moving from away from villages for economic and social mobility often end up without agency in urban areas. And with every incident of violence against them, there is a fresh wave of anxiety and fear in the minds of young women and their parents For educated girls from rural areas, urban pockets are centres of hope with promised potential for social and economic independence and upward mobility. Many cannot make it to the metros, and for them, small towns are places to fulfil their dreams and aspirations. The murder of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, a receptionist at a resort in Uttarakhand, has jolted the dreams not only of Ankita, but of many young girls all over the country. There is a fresh wave of anxiety and fear that is generated in the minds of girls who have such dreams and their parents. Young girls of all strata aspire to move out of the social control, which combined with the lack of jobs in the local area, leads to their migration to urban centres for employment. In many cases, their contribution to family incomes are critical for survival, especially at a time rural household incomes are dwindling. Migration to big cities is a hard task for those coming from the economically weaker strata, given the difficulties in finding jobs and places to stay. For such women, services sector jobs in small towns are the only possible option. Ankit...

New Delhi: The mother of the 19-year-old receptionist, whose murder sparked massive protests in Uttarakhand, has claimed her daughter was hastily cremated, and she never got to see her body. She has accused the administration of tricking her into going to a hospital on the pretext of taking her to her daughter. News reports had earlier said the mother was admitted to a hospital as she was unwell. However, a video has now surfaced where she has claimed she was fine and was ferried to a hospital on false pretext. "The took my husband along forcibly, but didn't take me. They brought me here from the forest where I live, saying I will see my daughter," the visibly upset mother could be heard complaining in the video shot in the hospital. She said she kept asking where they were taking her, and they reassured her, saying they were taking her to her daughter. "Doctors then put me in a wheelchair. I asked why was it needed but they took me to a hospital. They then forcibly put me on intravenous sugar solution and started recording a video," she said. Narrating her ordeal, she said four-five people had come to her and said they would take her to the cremation site. "I said I am her mother, I won't do anything until I see her. I said I won't budge until you show me my daughter. I wasn't unwell at all. They tricked me into coming here. I was sitting at the civic body's office. This is just for show, they have betrayed us," she said. The teen receptionist was cremated last evening am...

Haridwar: Property worth Rs 3 crores belonging to Ankita Bhandari murder case main accused Pulkit Arya was confiscated by the District Magistrate, said police on Saturday. A report was sent to the District Magistrate for confiscation of the property under the Gangster Act. It may be noted that Pulkit Arya along with his gang members, formed an organized gang and earned illegal money through anti-social activities in his hotel/resort and its surrounding areas in Haridwar and Pauri Garhwal districts of Uttarakhand, added the police. In relation to which the charge was registered at Laxmanjhula police station of the district under Section 2/3 Gangster Act 1986, which was handed over to the then-in-charge Inspector Lansdowne Manibhushan Srivastava (current in-charge Inspector Kotdwar). On January 11, the First Class Judicial Magistrate Court Kotdwar, in Uttarakhand approved the narco and polygraph tests of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's son Pulkit Arya, the main accused in Ankita Bhandari murder case. In the case, consent was taken from Pulkit Arya on behalf of the Judicial Magistrate through video conferencing, after which the verdict was pronounced. The case pertains to 19-year-old Ankita, whose body was recovered from the Chilla canal in Rishikesh on September 24. She was reported missing for at least six days before the officials found her body. She worked as a receptionist at a resort run by Pulkit Arya, the son of expelled BJP leader Vinod Arya. Pulkit Ar...