Receptionist Uttarakhand Murder: He said Pulkit had lived apart from them for a long time.
Rishikesh:
Former BJP leader Vinod Arya, father of the main accused in the Uttarakhand . reception killing case, today described her son, Pulkit Arya as a Seedha sadha balak (a simple boy).
Vinod Arya denies all charges against Pulkit Arya and insists his son is innocent.
“Seedha sadha balak hai (he is a simple boy). He only cares about his job. I want justice for both my son Pulkit and Ankita Bhandari (the murdered woman),” Mr Arya said.
“He will never enjoy such activities,” he added.
Mr. Arya said Pulkit had lived separately from them for a long time.
His remarks come a day after the BJP expelled him and his son Ankit Arya, the accused’s brother, amid massive outrage over Ankita Bhandari’s murder.
However, Mr Arya announced that he himself resigned from the party yesterday to ensure a fair and objective investigation into the incident.
“Pulkit is innocent, I still resign from the BJP to ensure a fair investigation. My son Ankit has also resigned,” he said.
Pulkit Arya, who owns the resort in Rishikesh, where the 19-year-old woman works as the front desk, was arrested Friday along with resort manager Saurabh Bhaskar and assistant manager Ankit Gupta.
State Police Chief Ashok Kumar said the investigation, based on the woman’s interrogation and mobile phone chat history, showed she was pressured to provide “exceptional service” to guests at the hotel. resort she was against.
“A few days before she went missing, the woman sent a WhatsApp message to her close friend to share her ordeal,” he said.
“They’re trying to turn me into a prostitute,” read one of her messages.
Three men allegedly shoved the girl and pushed her into a canal near the resort after an argument, sources said.
Earlier, a Facebook friend of the woman reported that his friend was killed because she refused to have sex with guests at the resort – for which she was offered Rs 10,000.
Mr Kumar said that a Special Investigations Team (SIT), led by Deputy Inspector General of Police Renuka Devi, is currently investigating the matter and police will ensure that the accused receives “the harshest punishment”. maybe” for terrible crimes.
The SIT was set up at the behest of Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who promised “the harshest action” in the case – regardless of who was involved.
Police recovered the woman’s body from the Chilla Canal in Rishikesh on Saturday morning. The draft autopsy report showed that the woman died from drowning and showed signs of injury from the force of the blow.
As details of her murder emerged, violent protests erupted around the resort in Rishikesh with locals smashing glass and some attempting to set fire to a manufacturing plant. pickles on its premises.
An angry mob also attacked the police car as the accused men were brought to court on Friday.
Civil authorities demolished parts of the resort owned by Pulkit Arya on Friday night, saying it was built “illegally”. Questioning the move by the state government, her family alleged that the demolition was done to destroy evidence.
