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The Congress connected Saturday (January 10, 2026) called for a time-bound and autarkic Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Ankita Bhandari murder, insisting that the bureau reason the enquiry wrong six months and enactment against those accused of destroying evidence.
The request follows Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s determination to urge a CBI inquiry into the 2022 sidesplitting of the 19-year-old edifice receptionist, a determination made aft repeated appeals by her parents. The State portion of the Congress has been pressing for a national probe, citing what it says are caller developments successful the case.
Addressing a property league astatine the enactment headquarters, Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba said the probe indispensable absorption connected the alleged “VIP angle” and guarantee accountability for violations of workplace information norms.
“We privation the CBI to behaviour an autarkic probe of the VIP angle, instrumentality enactment against those who issued orders to destruct evidence, instrumentality enactment against the MLA who destroyed evidence, guarantee strict compliance with information laws astatine women’s workplaces and hole accountability for those providing governmental protection,” Ms. Lamba said.
“We besides privation a mandatory autarkic probe mechanics for specified cases successful the future, and the CBI should instrumentality the lawsuit to its decision wrong six months without unit and with impartiality,” she added.
The Mahila Congress alleged governmental interference successful the earlier probe and questioned the demolition of the edifice wherever Ankita worked, which it said led to the demolition of evidence. Ms. Lamba besides asked wherefore individuals named by Ankita’s begetter had not been questioned by the peculiar probe team.
“Why was a bulldozer tally connected the edifice by the section BJP MLA without a judicial order? Why was the individuality of the VIP not made nationalist by the SIT? Did immoderate VIP’s sanction travel up successful the full probe by the SIT? Do women’s information schemes not use to power-protected institutions, and is the beingness of a girl from a mediocre household little valuable? What is the warrant that the accused successful this lawsuit volition not beryllium released from jail, and erstwhile volition enactment beryllium taken against those who destruct evidence? After all, who successful this lawsuit are the governmental radical providing protection?” she asked.
Ankita Bhandari was allegedly murdered successful 2022 by Pulkit Arya, proprietor of the Vanantra Resort and the lad of erstwhile BJP person Vinod Arya, on with 2 of his employees. All 3 were aboriginal sentenced to beingness imprisonment.
Renewed calls for a CBI probe person followed allegations by histrion Urmila Sanawar, who claims to beryllium the woman of MLA Suresh Rathore. She released videos and audio recordings connected societal media alleging the engagement of a ‘VIP’ successful the case, and aboriginal named BJP person Dushyant Kumar Gautam.
Multiple FIRs person since been registered against Ms. Sanawar and Mr. Rathore successful Dehradun and Haridwar.
