Ankita Bhandari

Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: 3 Convicted, Sentenced to Life for Killing 19-Year-Old

30 May 2025

Nearly three years after the gruesome killing of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, a Pauri district court in Uttarakhand sentenced the three accused to life imprisonment on Friday. The court, led by Judge Reena Negi, held Pulkit Arya, Saurabh Bhaskar, and Ankit Gupta guilty of murder and other criminal charges. Young Receptionist...

Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: Resort Owner and Two Staffers Found Guilty

30 May 2025

A lower court in Uttarakhand on Friday found Pulkit Arya and two of his staff members guilty in the high-profile 2022 murder of 19-year-old receptionist Ankita Bhandari. The Additional District and Sessions Judge Reena Negi in Kotdwar delivered the verdict after final arguments on May 19 between the defence and...

Ankita Bhandari murder case: News portal operator for ‘provocative’ statements apprehended by Police

06 Mar 2024

Ashutosh Negi, the operator of a news portal, has been apprehended by Uttarakhand Police for attempting to instill distrust in the public towards the government and the police, particularly regarding the Ankita Bhandari murder case. Uttarakhand Director General of Police, Abhinav Kumar, disclosed that Negi, arrested on March 5, was...

Ankita Bhandari’s case: One year passed, parents still seeking Justice

18 Sep 2023

Ankita Bhandari, a receptionist at Vanantra Resort in Ganga-Bhogpur, Pauri District, Uttarakhand, was murdered on September 18, 2022, by Pulkit Arya, the son of BJP leader Vinod Arya and owner of the resort. Arya was assisted by Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta. What Exactly Happened? On September 18, Ankita Bhandari,...

3 accused in Ankita Bhandari murder case to undergo narco, polygraph tests on 5 January

03 Jan 2023

In the Ankita Bhandari murder case, the First Class Judicial Magistrate Court Kotdwar fixed the narco and polygraph test dates of the three accused for 5 January. After hearing the arguments of both parties The Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kotdwar fixed the date of narco and polygraph tests....

Ankita Bhandari murder case: Harish Rawat stages dharna; demands CBI inquiry

27 Dec 2022

Senior Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat stage a dharna demanding a CBI inquiry into Ankita Bhandari's murder case. Meanwhile, former CM Rawat has sat on a 24-hour dharna with several congress supporters and leaders at Gandhi Park in Dehradun. In the Ankita murder case, the public...

Uttarakhand Police file charge sheet in Ankita Bhandari murder case

17 Dec 2022

In the Ankita Bhandari murder case, Uttarkhand Police filed a charge sheet against the three persons accused on Saturday. The charge sheet has been filed and submitted before the Kotdwar Judicial Court. In a joint press conference with the probe in-charge of the Special Investigation Team P Renuka Devi, Additional...

SIT to file charge sheet in Ankita Bhandari murder case

15 Dec 2022

A charge sheet will be filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) against the three accused this week in the Ankita Bhandari murder case. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) P Renuka, the SIT in charge said, "SIT has almost completed the probe. We'll file the chargesheet this week. We've applied for...

Ankita Bhandari murder accused to undergo Narco test

04 Dec 2022

Arya, the expelled BJP leader's son, was found in Rishikesh's Chilla canal. The accused in the Ankita Bhandari murder case, which shook the nation, will undergo narco test, said the Uttrakhand police on Sunday. The investigation in the case which involves an expelled BJP leader’s son is almost complete, only...

Ankita Bhandari Case: RSS leader makes objectionable comments, calls her ‘raw-milk’; FIR registered

29 Sep 2022

Uttrakhand Police on Thursday filed an FIR on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Vpin Karnwal for inappropriate comments on the 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari. He termed her as ‘raw milk’ before ‘hungry male cats ‘and blamed her father for her death. RSS leader posted on Facebook, which is now deleted, saying,...

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