She was killed for refusing to have sex with guests, says police

The body of Ankita Bhandari who worked in an Uttarakhand resort was recovered from a canal on Saturday police said The ruling BJP swung into action to expel its leader whose son the main accused owned the propertyOutrage over the killing of the 19yearold who worked as a receptionist in the Vanantara resort in Pauri district owned by Haridwar BJP leader Vinod Aryarsquos son Pulkit Arya escalated as details emerged of her trauma in the days preceding her deathViolent protests erupted in areas surrounding the resort with locals breaking glass panes and some trying to torch a pickle factory in its premises However the fire did not spread much as the weather was cloudyBJPrsquos Yamkeshwar MLA Renu Bishtrsquos car was also attacked near the Cheela canal close to Rishikesh It was the same area from where the young womanrsquos body was recovered six days after her parents found her missing from her room However the crowds seething with anger succeeded only in breaking the rear windscreen of Bishtrsquos car and she was escorted to safety by police personnelAlso Read BJP leaders son arrested for killing receptionist at his resort in UttarakhandBhandari had been under pressure from Pulkit Arya who was arrested on Friday along with resort manager Saurabh Bhaskar and assistant manager Ankit Gupta and sent to 14 days judicial custody to provide ldquospecial servicesrdquo to guests Director General of Police Ashok Kumar saidThis had been gleaned from her chat with a friend he said Earlier in the day Bhandarirsquos Facebook friend reportedly alleged that she was killed because she refused to have sex with guests as demanded by the owner of the resortAs the ripples of anger spread Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami promised that no one would be spared and that a Special Investigation Team headed by Deputy Inspector General P Renuka Devi had been constituted to probe all aspects ldquoDemolition of the resort owned by the main accused is underway Some of its rooms have also been sealed so that evidence is not destroyedrdquo he addedThe autopsy is being done at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh police said According to Pauri Additional SP Shekhar Chandra Suyal Ankita was found missing by her parents on September 19 and they reported it day later The accused initially tried to mislead the police but confessed laterPrime accused Aryarsquos factory set on fireOutrage in Rishikesh grew over the alleged killing of Ankita Bhandari with people setting a factory of the prime accused on fire on Saturday Ever since the recovery of Ankitarsquos body on Saturday morning people are demanding the death sentence for the accused The protesters had vandalised Pulkitrsquos resort On the direction of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami the resort has been razed to the ground A mob at AIIMS Rishikesh also vandalised Yamkeshwar MLA Renu Bishtrsquos car Sensing the situation to be grim Renu Bisht left the city The prime accused in the case is Pulkit Arya son of former state minister Vinod Arya The BJP has expelled Vinod Arya and Pulkitrsquos brother Ankit AryaCong slams BJP says PM should apologiseThe Congress on Saturday termed BJPrsquos decision to expel Vinod Arya and his son from the party as ldquoselective actionrdquo and said it should remove all its lawmakers who are facing charges of crimes against women At a press conference partyrsquos spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said that when Prime Minister Modi speaks from the ramparts of the Red Fort he should think as to why BJP leaders are involved in such crimes against women ldquoNarendra Modi must apologiserdquo she added19Sept the day Ankita went missingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever