Pauri (Uttrakhand): In a fresh development to Uttrakhand's sensational Ankita Bhandari murder case, police have imposed Gangster Act on the 3 accused, including the main accused Pulkit Arya, said Pauri Garhwal's newly appointed SSP Shweta Choubey.
Earlier, DGP Ashok Kumar had hinted about adding more sections in FIR against the three accused.
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Earlier in the day, a factory owned by Pulkit Arya caught fire under mysterious circumstances. The Pulkit Arya-owned Amla Candy factory in Ganga Bhogpur in Uttarakhand caught fire due to a short circuit in its inverter fitting, SHO Vinod Singh Gunsai of Lakshman Jhula police station said.
19-year-old Ankita Bhandari was missing for at least six days before her body was recovered from the Chilla canal in Rishikesh on September 24.