Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: The Kotdwar Court of Uttarakhand is scheduled to hear the plea seeking permission to conduct the Narco test of all the three accused in the killing of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari on Monday.

This plea for Narco Test was filed by the Special Investigation Team probing the killing of Ankita Bhandari.

“The SIT has filed an application in the Kotdwar court to get the narco test done on the three murder accused of the Ankita murder case. The court will hear it tomorrow,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) P Renuka Devi said, as reported by news agency ANI.

What is Ankita Bhandari murder case?

Ankita Bhandari, a 19-year-old receptionist at a resort near Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, was allegedly murdered by the resort owner and his two accomplices.

The three accused, including Pulkit Arya, the owner of the resort, were arrested within 24 hours after the case was handed over to the regular police force from the revenue police on September 22, an official had said.

The accused had said that they had thrown Bhandari into the Chilla canal on September 18. Ankita’s body was found on September 24.

The main accused Pulkit Arya is the son of former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinod Arya. The party had expelled Vinod Arya from the BJP after Pulkit’s name surfaced in the case.