'Obscene videos' case: Suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna brought to CID office in Bengaluru
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Karnataka sex scandal: Prajwal Revanna announces his return to India, promises to cooperate with SIT – The Economic Times Video
JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna announced in a video message that he would appear before the SIT on May 31 and fully cooperate in the investigation. Prajwal Revanna is facing charges of sexually abusing women and is accused in an ‘obscene videos’ case. Revanna used his diplomatic passport to leave India and fled to Germany on April 27, the day after voting for Lok Sabha polls was held in the constituency where he was a candidate.
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Special Court grants bail to JDS MLA Revanna in abduction case
A special court for people’s representatives in Bengaluru on Monday granted bail to senior JDS MLA HD Revanna after concluding a hearing on his bail petition.Judge Santhosh Gajanana Bhat pronounced the order in the evening after hearing senior advocate CV Nagesh, appearing for Revanna, and additional special public prosecutors (SPPs) Jayana Kothari and Ashok N Nayak appearing for the special investigation team (SIT) which is probing the alleged abuse of women by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.The Judge granted bail on condition that the accused would furnish a bond for Rs 5 lakh, along with two sureties. He is barred from leaving the country, entering KR Nagar in Mysuru district, and interacting with the witnesses. He has also been asked to cooperate with the SIT investigation.The SIT has arrested Revanna, who represents Holenarasipur in the Assembly, on the charge that he, along with others, abducted a rape victim from her KR Nagar home in Mysuru district. The SIT is also probing him for charges of sexual harassment of a domestic help.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesRevanna Jr, who is the NDA candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha seat, has been absconding since April 27 after explicit videos allegedly involving him surfaced days before the April 26 polls.
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Prajwal Revanna sex tapes: Prajwal Revanna sex tapes: JDS core committee to consider Kumaraswamy’s proposal to suspend nephew Revanna Jr
JDS State President HD Kumaraswamy on Monday said they have decided to suspend Hassan MP and NDA candidate Prajwal Revanna from the party, but since he was a sitting MP the party would place the proposal before the core committee on Tuesday to ratify the decision. The core committee is meeting in Hubballi on Tuesday. Revanna Jr’s name has figured in a series of alleged sexual scandals, the clippings of which had been circulated in Hassan and outside. Kumaraswamy, who is Revanna Jr’s uncle, said there would be no question of him defending his nephew in the alleged scandal that has sent political temperatures soaring across the state. The JDS, he said, would take “merciless action” against Revanna if the Special Investigation Team proved the assault charges against him.The videos being circulated against the Hassan MP, he said, were an embarrassment not only to the family, but also to society. “I want to tell SIT and the government to conduct a fair probe. Such incidents should not happen in society, in my opinion,” he said.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesRevanna – grandson of former PM and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda – landed in hot water after video clips, allegedly involving him, surfaced on social media a day after he voted on April 26 for the Lok Sabha polls. A woman has filed a case against him, alleging that she had been sexually abused multiple times by the MP between 2019 and 2022. She further alleged that Prajwal’s father HD Revanna also sexually assaulted her when his wife was not at home.Revanna, however, has denied the allegations and has filed a complaint against the “doctored” videos. He is rumoured to have fled the country The Karnataka government has formed an SIT to look into the obscene videos case on the state women’s commission’s recommendation.Distancing himself and the party from the incident, Kumaraswamy said that his father and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda had always conducted themselves with utmost respect towards women. “An individual and his deeds are in question here, not the family…why bring the family’s name, Deve Gowda’s name or Kumaraswamy’s name? I have myself said whoever has committed the mistake has to undergo punishment,” he added.However, the leader expressed suspicions about the timing of the reveal, asking why the videos were circulated just now. “The embarrassment could have been avoided if the matter was brought to our attention well in advance,” he said.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders are cornering the BJP over the row, questioning why the saffron party, which was so quick to condemn the government for the Hubbali murder case, was silent now. Karnataka IT minister Priyank Kharge on Monday accused the BJP of facilitating JDS MP Prajwal Revanna’s escape from the country after a sex scandal broke out against the latter last week.
“It is very evident that despite knowing the facts that Prajwal Revanna was into these things, they went ahead and gave him the ticket. They campaigned for him. They ensured that he fled the country…I’m directly blaming the BJP on this front,” he said, alleging that the saffron party was protecting its alliance partner.
The Youth Congress staged a protest against Revanna in Hubbali earlier in the day, questioning why he was allowed to contest from Hassan in the polls last Friday.
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Journalist Shashikant Warishe was deliberately run over by accused, reveals SIT probe
Express News Service
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe has revealed that journalist Shashikant Warishe was deliberately run over by real estate dealer Pandharinath Amberkar in Maharashtra in February.
According to the chargesheet filed by the SIT, Amberkar was furious with Warishe over a story in the Mahanagari Times, a Marathi daily.
“The protesting farmers against the proposed oil refinery asked the chief minister and deputy minister whose photographs are displayed along with the CM and DCM on banners. The CM and DCM should check the background of this particular person. He is a serious criminal,” stated the story, referring to Amberkar.
Amberkar supported the setting up of the Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (RRPCL) in Barsu, which was opposed by a section of locals.
On February 7, he drove his Mahindra Thar on the wrong side of the road at Khondwali in Rajapur tehsil, then intentionally and deliberately mowed down Warishe’s Activa two-wheeler while the scribe was waiting at a petrol pump in Ratnagiri district, dragging him for several metres before fleeing from the spot. Warishe was taken by locals to Kolhapur hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
As per the chargesheet, Amberkar has been charged under IPC sections 301 (imprisonment for life punishment for the crime of death) and 201(Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) and Maharashtra media person and media institutions (prevention of violence and damage or loss to property) Act 2017, section 4.
Earlier, various journalist associations in Mumbai staged a protest near Mantralaya over Warishe’s murder and demanded that the case be fast-tracked. They also demanded that the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act be invoked in the case.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe has revealed that journalist Shashikant Warishe was deliberately run over by real estate dealer Pandharinath Amberkar in Maharashtra in February.
According to the chargesheet filed by the SIT, Amberkar was furious with Warishe over a story in the Mahanagari Times, a Marathi daily.
“The protesting farmers against the proposed oil refinery asked the chief minister and deputy minister whose photographs are displayed along with the CM and DCM on banners. The CM and DCM should check the background of this particular person. He is a serious criminal,” stated the story, referring to Amberkar.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Amberkar supported the setting up of the Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (RRPCL) in Barsu, which was opposed by a section of locals.
On February 7, he drove his Mahindra Thar on the wrong side of the road at Khondwali in Rajapur tehsil, then intentionally and deliberately mowed down Warishe’s Activa two-wheeler while the scribe was waiting at a petrol pump in Ratnagiri district, dragging him for several metres before fleeing from the spot. Warishe was taken by locals to Kolhapur hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
As per the chargesheet, Amberkar has been charged under IPC sections 301 (imprisonment for life punishment for the crime of death) and 201(Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) and Maharashtra media person and media institutions (prevention of violence and damage or loss to property) Act 2017, section 4.
Earlier, various journalist associations in Mumbai staged a protest near Mantralaya over Warishe’s murder and demanded that the case be fast-tracked. They also demanded that the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act be invoked in the case.
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Corroded wires, welded suspenders behind Morbi bridge tragedy: SIT in preliminary probe report
By PTI
MORBI: Gujarat government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found in its preliminary probe that corrosion on nearly half of the wires on a cable and welding of old suspenders with new ones were some of the major faults that led to the collapse of the suspension bridge in Morbi last year in which 135 people were killed.
These findings are part of the ‘Preliminary Report on Morbi Bridge Incident’ submitted by the five-member SIT in December 2022.
The report was recently shared with the Morbi Municipality by the state Urban Development Department.
Ajanta Manufacturing Limited (Oreva Group) was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the British-era suspension bridge on the Machchu river that collapsed on October 30 last year.
The SIT had found several lapses in repairs, maintenance and operation of the bridge.
IAS officer Rajkumar Beniwal, IPS officer Subhash Trivedi, a secretary and a chief engineer from the state Roads and Building Department and a professor of structural engineering were members of the SIT.
The SIT noted that of the two main cables of the bridge, built by the erstwhile rulers in 1887 over river Machchhu, one cable was having issues of corrosion and nearly half of its wires “may be already broken” even before the cable snapped on October 30 evening.
According to the SIT, the main cable on the upstream side of the river snapped, leading to the tragedy.
Each cable was formed by seven strands, each comprising seven steel wires.
A total of 49 wires were clubbed together in seven strands to form this cable, the SIT report said.
“It was observed that out of the 49 wires (of that cable), 22 were corroded, which indicates that those wires may have already broken before the incident. The remaining 27 wires recently broke,” the SIT said in its report.
The SIT also found that during the renovation work, “old suspenders (steel rods which connect the cable with the platform deck) were welded with the new suspenders. Hence the behaviour of suspenders changed. In these types of bridges, single rod suspenders should be used to bear the load”.
Notably, the Morbi Municipality, without the approval of the general board, had awarded the contract to maintain and operate the bridge to Oreva Group (Ajanta Manufacturing Limited), which closed the bridge in March 2022 for renovation and opened it on October 26 without any prior approval or inspection.
According to the SIT, there were nearly 300 persons on the bridge at the time of the collapse, which was “far more” than the load-bearing capacity of the bridge.
It, however, said the actual capacity of the bridge will be confirmed by laboratory reports.
The probe report also pointed out that replacing individual wooden planks with an aluminium deck also played a role in the collapse.
“Walking structure was made up of rigid aluminium panels instead of flexible wooden planks.
If there were individual wooden planks (which were there before renovation), the number of casualties could have been lower.
Moreover, no load test or structure test was conducted before opening the bridge,” it added.
The aluminium honeycomb panels were fixed without any gap in between, which makes the deck less flexible to deform in its own plane, said the SIT, adding that the use of aluminium could have increased the overall weight of the bridge too.
Morbi police have already arrested ten accused, including Oreva Group’s MD Jaysukh Patel, under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 336 (act which endangers human life), 337 (causing hurt to any person by doing any rash or negligent act) and under 338 (causing grievous hurt by doing rash or negligent act).
MORBI: Gujarat government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found in its preliminary probe that corrosion on nearly half of the wires on a cable and welding of old suspenders with new ones were some of the major faults that led to the collapse of the suspension bridge in Morbi last year in which 135 people were killed.
These findings are part of the ‘Preliminary Report on Morbi Bridge Incident’ submitted by the five-member SIT in December 2022.
The report was recently shared with the Morbi Municipality by the state Urban Development Department.
Ajanta Manufacturing Limited (Oreva Group) was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the British-era suspension bridge on the Machchu river that collapsed on October 30 last year.
The SIT had found several lapses in repairs, maintenance and operation of the bridge.
IAS officer Rajkumar Beniwal, IPS officer Subhash Trivedi, a secretary and a chief engineer from the state Roads and Building Department and a professor of structural engineering were members of the SIT.
The SIT noted that of the two main cables of the bridge, built by the erstwhile rulers in 1887 over river Machchhu, one cable was having issues of corrosion and nearly half of its wires “may be already broken” even before the cable snapped on October 30 evening.
According to the SIT, the main cable on the upstream side of the river snapped, leading to the tragedy.
Each cable was formed by seven strands, each comprising seven steel wires.
A total of 49 wires were clubbed together in seven strands to form this cable, the SIT report said.
“It was observed that out of the 49 wires (of that cable), 22 were corroded, which indicates that those wires may have already broken before the incident. The remaining 27 wires recently broke,” the SIT said in its report.
The SIT also found that during the renovation work, “old suspenders (steel rods which connect the cable with the platform deck) were welded with the new suspenders. Hence the behaviour of suspenders changed. In these types of bridges, single rod suspenders should be used to bear the load”.
Notably, the Morbi Municipality, without the approval of the general board, had awarded the contract to maintain and operate the bridge to Oreva Group (Ajanta Manufacturing Limited), which closed the bridge in March 2022 for renovation and opened it on October 26 without any prior approval or inspection.
According to the SIT, there were nearly 300 persons on the bridge at the time of the collapse, which was “far more” than the load-bearing capacity of the bridge.
It, however, said the actual capacity of the bridge will be confirmed by laboratory reports.
The probe report also pointed out that replacing individual wooden planks with an aluminium deck also played a role in the collapse.
“Walking structure was made up of rigid aluminium panels instead of flexible wooden planks.
If there were individual wooden planks (which were there before renovation), the number of casualties could have been lower.
Moreover, no load test or structure test was conducted before opening the bridge,” it added.
The aluminium honeycomb panels were fixed without any gap in between, which makes the deck less flexible to deform in its own plane, said the SIT, adding that the use of aluminium could have increased the overall weight of the bridge too.
Morbi police have already arrested ten accused, including Oreva Group’s MD Jaysukh Patel, under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 336 (act which endangers human life), 337 (causing hurt to any person by doing any rash or negligent act) and under 338 (causing grievous hurt by doing rash or negligent act).
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Enough evidence of girls being forced into prostitution in Rajasthan: NCW
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women on Friday said there is “enough evidence” to suggest that young girls are being forced into prostitution in numerous districts of Rajasthan, with highways being the most common locations, and asked the Centre to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe possible child prostitution and trafficking racket.
The NCW, which had formed a two-member team following a report that in the Rajasthan area of Bhilwara, conflicts over loan repayments were purportedly resolved by auctioning off young women on stamp papers, said they have also found evidence of child marriages.
NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma, who had earlier written to the state Chief Secretary and Director General of Police on the matter, also visited Sawai Madhopur to inquire into the situation.
Following interactions with different families residing in the region, police and local administration, the two-member team said that “there is enough evidence to conclude that young girls are being forced into prostitution in numerous districts of Rajasthan, including Sawai Madhopur, Bhilwara, and Bharatpur, with highway sides being the most common locations.”
The team also discovered that the family registrations in the Bhilwara district village of Kanjar Basti, Pander, which were supposed to be updated, were deficient in key details about how many families are residing there.
NCW said that the communities provided further evidence that child marriages are still common in the state, as the local media had reported such instances. “The district administration and police are totally in denial and have failed to address the issue,” a statement issued by the NCW said.
“Due to threats from the Panchayat and local government, the people are under pressure to conceal the true extent of child prostitution and trafficking,” it added and recommended that the central government must constitute an SIT to carry out the probe.
During interaction with families, it was observed that every family had six to nine minor girls living under one roof. These girls could not explain their relationship with others in the family.
“To establish the relationship, DNA tests on young girls and their respective families must be performed. It is crucial to rescue and provide proper rehabilitation to minor girls who have been coerced into forced prostitution,” it further said.
The women’s panel also said that Rajasthan seems to be both a source and a destination for the trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation, prostitution, etc.
Suggesting that the state government should keep a track record of every girl child who is born, it said that enforcement agencies must be proactive in dealing with such issues.
“Economic livelihood activities and awareness programs pertaining to the mental and physical health of girls must be focused to improve the condition,” it added.
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women on Friday said there is “enough evidence” to suggest that young girls are being forced into prostitution in numerous districts of Rajasthan, with highways being the most common locations, and asked the Centre to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe possible child prostitution and trafficking racket.
The NCW, which had formed a two-member team following a report that in the Rajasthan area of Bhilwara, conflicts over loan repayments were purportedly resolved by auctioning off young women on stamp papers, said they have also found evidence of child marriages.
NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma, who had earlier written to the state Chief Secretary and Director General of Police on the matter, also visited Sawai Madhopur to inquire into the situation.
Following interactions with different families residing in the region, police and local administration, the two-member team said that “there is enough evidence to conclude that young girls are being forced into prostitution in numerous districts of Rajasthan, including Sawai Madhopur, Bhilwara, and Bharatpur, with highway sides being the most common locations.”
The team also discovered that the family registrations in the Bhilwara district village of Kanjar Basti, Pander, which were supposed to be updated, were deficient in key details about how many families are residing there.
NCW said that the communities provided further evidence that child marriages are still common in the state, as the local media had reported such instances. “The district administration and police are totally in denial and have failed to address the issue,” a statement issued by the NCW said.
“Due to threats from the Panchayat and local government, the people are under pressure to conceal the true extent of child prostitution and trafficking,” it added and recommended that the central government must constitute an SIT to carry out the probe.
During interaction with families, it was observed that every family had six to nine minor girls living under one roof. These girls could not explain their relationship with others in the family.
“To establish the relationship, DNA tests on young girls and their respective families must be performed. It is crucial to rescue and provide proper rehabilitation to minor girls who have been coerced into forced prostitution,” it further said.
The women’s panel also said that Rajasthan seems to be both a source and a destination for the trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation, prostitution, etc.
Suggesting that the state government should keep a track record of every girl child who is born, it said that enforcement agencies must be proactive in dealing with such issues.
“Economic livelihood activities and awareness programs pertaining to the mental and physical health of girls must be focused to improve the condition,” it added.
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High Court stayed SIT probe in blanket manner: Andhra govt
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Asserting that the remit of the special investigation team (SIT) set up by the YSRC government to probe alleged irregularities in projects started by the previous Telugu Desam regime from 2014 to 2019, including land acquisition in Amaravati, was ‘extremely narrow’, the Andhra Pradesh State government on Wednesday questioned as to how could the High Court stay the SIT in a blanket manner.
Senior advocate AM Singhvi appearing for the State, argued that executive was vested with power to probe facts and this power was separate and stood outside the distinct power to create commission under the Commission of Inquiry Act.
The submissions were made before the bench of Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh, in a plea that had challenged the AP HC’s September 16 ruling of staying the constitution of Cabinet Sub-Committee to review various policy decisions, programmes, etc., undertaken by the erstwhile TDP regime and SIT to probe alleged irregularities. The HC had stayed the government orders which had constituted the Cabinet Sub-Committee and SIT prima facie finding that it was politically motivated and that the current government does not have the power to carte blanche review all policies propounded by the previous government.
By a separate order delivered on September 16, the HC had also refused to impleadment of the Centre and ED as respondents even though the State had wished to involve them in the investigation of the matter.
Singhvi had also contended that the HC had completely misguided itself by drawing an equivalence between the court’s power of judicial review and the executive’s power to investigate. He further asserted that a successor government may investigate allegations and charges against the erstwhile government and the existence of political rivalry does not vitiate any inquiries conducted by the successor government.
“The issuance of the impugned GOs and review of the erstwhile government’s policies was necessitated by widespread allegations of corruption in the media and elsewhere. The investigation was in the interest of the State,” he further added.
For the TDP leader, senior advocate Siddhartha Dave submitted that the GOs were nothing but roving and fishing inquiry.“It’s nothing but criminal investigation and what they say is that it’s nothing but administrative action. This is arbitrary. There is no offence disclosed as to what the SIT has to investigate,” he further added.
NEW DELHI: Asserting that the remit of the special investigation team (SIT) set up by the YSRC government to probe alleged irregularities in projects started by the previous Telugu Desam regime from 2014 to 2019, including land acquisition in Amaravati, was ‘extremely narrow’, the Andhra Pradesh State government on Wednesday questioned as to how could the High Court stay the SIT in a blanket manner.
Senior advocate AM Singhvi appearing for the State, argued that executive was vested with power to probe facts and this power was separate and stood outside the distinct power to create commission under the Commission of Inquiry Act.
The submissions were made before the bench of Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh, in a plea that had challenged the AP HC’s September 16 ruling of staying the constitution of Cabinet Sub-Committee to review various policy decisions, programmes, etc., undertaken by the erstwhile TDP regime and SIT to probe alleged irregularities. The HC had stayed the government orders which had constituted the Cabinet Sub-Committee and SIT prima facie finding that it was politically motivated and that the current government does not have the power to carte blanche review all policies propounded by the previous government.
By a separate order delivered on September 16, the HC had also refused to impleadment of the Centre and ED as respondents even though the State had wished to involve them in the investigation of the matter.
Singhvi had also contended that the HC had completely misguided itself by drawing an equivalence between the court’s power of judicial review and the executive’s power to investigate. He further asserted that a successor government may investigate allegations and charges against the erstwhile government and the existence of political rivalry does not vitiate any inquiries conducted by the successor government.
“The issuance of the impugned GOs and review of the erstwhile government’s policies was necessitated by widespread allegations of corruption in the media and elsewhere. The investigation was in the interest of the State,” he further added.
For the TDP leader, senior advocate Siddhartha Dave submitted that the GOs were nothing but roving and fishing inquiry.“It’s nothing but criminal investigation and what they say is that it’s nothing but administrative action. This is arbitrary. There is no offence disclosed as to what the SIT has to investigate,” he further added.
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Uttarakhand resort receptionist murder case: High Court asks SIT to file status report of investigation
By PTI
NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the resort receptionist murder case to file a status report on the matter.
A single bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra while hearing a plea seeking a CBI probe into the murder, asked the SIT to file the status report of the investigation by November 11.
The 19-year-old was allegedly killed by the owner of a resort, the son of a BJP leader, where she worked as a receptionist.
It has been alleged that after the murder, important evidence related to the crime was destroyed on the instructions of Yamkeshwar MLA Renu Bisht by running a bulldozer at Vanantra Resort at Yamkeshwar in Pauri district.
The court has asked the SIT to explain in the report the details of the evidence that was collected from the resort site before it was bulldozed.
Bhandari was allegedly murdered by resort owner Pulkit Arya along with two of his employees by pushing him into the Chila canal near Rishikesh in September.
The SIT headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police P Renuka Devi is investigating the murder.
Ashutosh Negi, a resident of Pauri Garhwal, alleged in his petition that the police and the SIT were hiding important evidence of the case and the victim’s post-mortem report has not been made public yet.
The plea alleged that the post-mortem of the body was done without the presence of any lady doctor, in clear violation of the orders of the Supreme Court.
It has also been alleged in the petition that the victim was also abused but the police is hiding this fact.
Meanwhile, Ankita’s parents, who were present in the High Court premises, said when asked by reporters that they were not satisfied with the SIT’s investigation and were in favour of the CBI inquiry.
They also questioned the recent fire that broke out in the accused’s Amla candy factory located in the resort premises and asked how it happened despite the presence of policemen and moreover the factory’s electricity connection was cut.
Ankita’s father Virendra Singh claimed that all this happened as part of a conspiracy to destroy the evidence.
He said that till his daughter gets justice and the killers are not hanged, he will continue his struggle even if he has to go to the Supreme Court.
NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the resort receptionist murder case to file a status report on the matter.
A single bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra while hearing a plea seeking a CBI probe into the murder, asked the SIT to file the status report of the investigation by November 11.
The 19-year-old was allegedly killed by the owner of a resort, the son of a BJP leader, where she worked as a receptionist.
It has been alleged that after the murder, important evidence related to the crime was destroyed on the instructions of Yamkeshwar MLA Renu Bisht by running a bulldozer at Vanantra Resort at Yamkeshwar in Pauri district.
The court has asked the SIT to explain in the report the details of the evidence that was collected from the resort site before it was bulldozed.
Bhandari was allegedly murdered by resort owner Pulkit Arya along with two of his employees by pushing him into the Chila canal near Rishikesh in September.
The SIT headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police P Renuka Devi is investigating the murder.
Ashutosh Negi, a resident of Pauri Garhwal, alleged in his petition that the police and the SIT were hiding important evidence of the case and the victim’s post-mortem report has not been made public yet.
The plea alleged that the post-mortem of the body was done without the presence of any lady doctor, in clear violation of the orders of the Supreme Court.
It has also been alleged in the petition that the victim was also abused but the police is hiding this fact.
Meanwhile, Ankita’s parents, who were present in the High Court premises, said when asked by reporters that they were not satisfied with the SIT’s investigation and were in favour of the CBI inquiry.
They also questioned the recent fire that broke out in the accused’s Amla candy factory located in the resort premises and asked how it happened despite the presence of policemen and moreover the factory’s electricity connection was cut.
Ankita’s father Virendra Singh claimed that all this happened as part of a conspiracy to destroy the evidence.
He said that till his daughter gets justice and the killers are not hanged, he will continue his struggle even if he has to go to the Supreme Court.