Ankita case: SIT to quiz accused for next 72 hrs

September 30, 2022 23:35

The accused in the Ankita Bhandari case will be interrogated by the Special Investigation Team, formed to investigate this case for the next 72 hours, the police informed on Friday.

"The SIT will interrogate the accused in the Ankita murder case for the next 72 hours. For this, the accused have been taken from the district jail Pauri to some secret place. Considering the sensitivity of the incident, the accused have been taken to a secret place for interrogation by the SIT," district jail Pauri Jailor BP Singh said.

The SIT will interrogate the murder accused by bringing the main witnesses of the murder face to face.

The murder case pertains to a young girl (Ankita Bhandari) whose body was recovered from the Chilla Canal in Rishikesh on September 24.

Son of expelled BJP leader Vinod Arya, Pulkit Arya was arrested in the case for allegedly pushing her into the canal following an altercation.

Besides Pulkit Arya, two more people were arrested in the case. -- ANI

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