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Uttarakhand Receptionist Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: Suicide Threat From the Victim’s Parents

Divya Bhatia

Uttarakhand Receptionist Ankita Bhandari Murder Case

The murder of a receptionist in Uttarakhand prompts the threat of suicide from the victim’s parents. Son of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Vinod Arya and resort owner Pulkit Arya, together with employees Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta, were detained on suspicion of killing the woman.

The family of the receptionist, who was allegedly killed last year for refusing to perform “extra services” for a visitor at a resort in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, has accused the administration of being indifferent to ensuring justice and has threatened to commit suicide if the prosecution attorney Jitendra Rawat is not fired.

Uttarakhand Receptionist Ankita Bhandari Murder Case

The receptionist’s mother criticized the apparent apathy in a public video on Thursday, saying the government would be accountable if they were compelled to commit suicide. She claimed that they are hopeless and feel helpless.

The family claimed the government had cleared Rawat of undermining the case on Wednesday. Ashish Kumar Chauhan, the district magistrate for Pauri Garhwal, did not answer requests for confirmation.

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Son of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Vinod Arya and resort owner Pulkit Arya, together with employees Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta, were detained on suspicion of killing the 19-year-old woman in September of last year. Six days after she was murdered, the woman’s body was found in a canal:

Rawat informed HT that he received a call from the administration approving his continued representation of the matter. “It was a conspiracy against me.”  He said that some individuals were deceiving the woman’s parents.

The victim’s mother argued they felt helpless and had no hope for justice.

“We requested the district magistrate and chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to remove the lawyer but to no avail. They do not want to remove him. Until he is removed, we will not visit the court. I request all witnesses to do the same.”

The mother later admitted to HT that she didn’t believe the government was being sincere.

“If our daughter would not get justice, it would set a wrong precedent. It will allow criminals to commit such acts freely.”

The woman’s father claimed in a letter to Chauhan dated June 1 that Rawat was purposefully withholding crucial information from the court to save the accused. In his testimony before the court:

“Prosecution witness number 8 Vivek Arya in his statement before the court said the accused attempted to rape my daughter. The prosecution lawyer did not bring such an important fact to the notice of the court and Vivek Arya’s statement was recorded in the court under molestation charge.”

He claimed that Rawat has been posting “objectionable videos” about the case on a YouTube channel, demonstrating his lack of commitment to pursuing justice.

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