Court has convicted all 3 accused and sentenced them to rigorous life imprisonment. Bhandari was employed at resort in Pauri owned by since-expelled BJP leader's son.
The three were found guilty of murder, destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy, and sexual harassment, along with provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
The SIT formed in Uttarakhand says Pulkit Arya’s 'motive' to allegedly ‘murder’ Ankita was to hide his attempts to push her to ‘provide sexual favours to guests’ despite her refusal.
Dhami also said his government will bring land laws making sale, purchase of land difficult in hill areas and that Uttarakhand will be the first state to enact common civil code.
Owner of one resort says all bookings cancelled overnight, while another was sealed over failure to comply with fire safety norms, at a time when business was picking up post Covid.
Tourism board says Vanantra resort never applied for permit. A senior official of District Industrial Centre claims factory next to resort did not have requisite permission.
Senior leader B.L. Santosh took extensive feedback about Uttarakhand government as well as the state unit. BJP top brass is concerned with public perception against the government.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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