The son of a BJP chief and two of his workers, a resort proprietor in Yamkeshwar block of Pauri district, have been arrested on Friday for allegedly killing a 19-year-old woman who was lacking for the previous few days.
The woman used to work as a receptionist within the resort.
Pulkit Arya is the son of Vinod Arya, BJP chief from Haridwar and former chairman of Uttarakhand Mati Kala Board. Vinod Arya has been given the standing of Minister of State however he doesn’t maintain any put up within the authorities.
Pauri Additional Superintendent of Police Shekhar Chandra Suyal advised PTI that Pulkit Arya, the resort’s proprietor, supervisor Saurabh Bhaskar and assistant supervisor Ankit Gupta, after confessing to killing the lacking woman and dumping her physique within the Chila canal. was arrested.
The ASP mentioned that originally he tried to mislead the police, however after rigorous interrogation, he confessed to his crime.
A group has been despatched to seek for the woman’s physique within the canal, he mentioned, including that the matter got here to mild inside 24 hours of being transferred from the income police to the common police.
A Kotdwar courtroom despatched the three accused to 14-day judicial custody, police mentioned.
A lacking grievance was lodged on the income police put up after her mother and father didn’t discover the woman in her room on Monday morning.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
