Key Highlights
- Traffic and normal life remained largely unaffected in most areas as most commercial establishments and offices remained closed in the state as it was a Sunday.
- Police said they made extensive preparations to maintain law and order, and additional police forces were deployed in markets and sensitive areas.
- On Friday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami recommended a CBI inquiry into the murder case but the case has not officially been transferred to the central agency.
- In 2022, 19-year-old Bhandari, a receptionist at the Vanantra Resort in Pauri district of Uttarakhand, was murdered.
- The resort owner, Pulkit Arya — who is the son of a former BJP leader — and two employees, Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta, were subsequently arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court for the crime.
