Ready for further probe in Ankita Bhandari murder case: Dhami

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026) said his authorities volition bash “whatever it takes”, including ordering a caller investigation, to guarantee justness for Ankita Bhandari. The Chief Minister’s remark comes successful the aftermath of Statewide protests by residents, arsenic good arsenic by the office-bearers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), implicit the past fortnight demanding a caller probe into Bhandari’s murder.

Speaking to reporters successful Dehradun, Mr. Dhami said the lawsuit has affected Uttarakhand residents who, helium added, person “expressed their views with sensitivity”.

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“I volition talk to Ankita’s parents arsenic the main servant of the State. After discussing the substance with them and studying the ineligible aspects, we volition proceed successful accordance with their wishes to guarantee justness for their daughter,” said the Chief Minister.

Bhandari, who was 19-years-old astatine the clip of her execution successful September 2022, was a receptionist astatine a edifice owned by Pulkit Arya, the lad of now-expelled BJP person Vinod Arya. In their 500-page chargesheet, the constabulary said Bhandari was murdered implicit her refusal to render intersexual favours to a “VIP guest” astatine the resort. In May 2025, a sessions tribunal awarded Pulkit Arya and his 2 accomplices beingness imprisonment for the murder.

However, the request for a caller probe was sparked aft histrion Urmila Sanawar, the spouse of erstwhile BJP MLA Suresh Rathore, alleged that the “VIP” successful the lawsuit was a elder State BJP leader.

Demand for CBI probe

Since then, Bhandari’s parents, the Opposition Congress and respective societal outfits person demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to place the “guest”.

Former Chief Minister and Lok Sabha subordinate Trivendra Singh Rawat is among the elder ruling enactment leaders who person besides pressed for a caller enquiry into the case.