Ankita Bhandari murder: BJP ex-minister's son nabbed for murdering teen; both expelled from party

A former Uttarakhand minister's son, who owns a resort, was arrested along with his two employees on September 23 for the murder of a 19-year-old woman receptionist. Pulkit Arya, the son of BJP leader Vinod Arya, has been named as the “main accused” in the case, the police said. The party has officially expelled both father and son duo from the party.

Police personnel carry the body of a female resort receptionist who was murdered allegedly by the resort owner and thrown into the Cheela canal, in Rishikesh (Photo | PTI)