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#Ankita Bhandari : Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Under Pressure Recommends CBI Probe
Dhami announced that during a recent meeting with her parents, they had requested a CBI probe into the matter, and respecting their request and sentiments, the state government has recommended the inquiry.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has recommended a CBI inquiry into the Ankita Bhandari case.
As per media reports , Dhami announced that during a recent meeting with her parents, they had requested a CBI probe into the matter, and respecting their request and sentiments, the state government has recommended the inquiry.
The Chief Minister’s remark comes in the wake of Statewide protests by residents, as well as by the office-bearers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), over the past fortnight demanding a fresh probe into Bhandari’s murder.
The government’s objective has been and will continue to be to ensure justice in a fair, transparent, and sensitive manner, he said. He said that the government’s intention is completely clear, and no fact or evidence will be overlooked.
Ankita Bhandari, a 19-year-old receptionist at Vanantra Resort in Pauri, was murdered by resort owner Pulkit Arya and two of his employees. All three were sentenced to life imprisonment in the case.
The state unit of the Congress had been demanding an investigation by the federal probe agency in the wake of fresh evidence coming up in the case.