Rishikesh:
Former BJP chief Vinod Arya, the daddy of the prime accused in Uttarakhand receptionist’s homicide case, immediately described his son Pulkit Arya as a Seedha sadha balak (a easy boy).
Vinod Arya denied all allegations towards Pulkit Arya and claimed his son was harmless.
“Seedha sadha balak hai (he is an easy man). He’s solely involved about his work. I need justice for each my son Pulkit and the murdered lady,” Mr Arya mentioned.
“He would by no means take pleasure in such actions,” he added.
Mr Arya mentioned Pulkit had been residing individually from them for a very long time.
His remarks come a day after the BJP expelled him and his son Ankit Arya, the accused’s brother, amid huge outrage over the 19-year-old lady’s homicide.
Mr Arya, nonetheless, claimed, that he himself resigned from the celebration yesterday to make sure truthful and neutral investigation within the case.
“Pulkit is harmless, nonetheless I’ve resigned from the BJP to make sure truthful investigation. My son Ankit has additionally resigned,” he mentioned.
Pulkit Arya, who owned the resort in Rishikesh the place the lady labored as a receptionist, was arrested on Friday together with resort supervisor Saurabh Bhaskar and assistant supervisor Ankit Gupta.
Investigation primarily based on the questioning of the accused and the lady’s cellular chat historical past reveal that she was pressured to supply “particular providers” to friends on the resort, which she resisted, mentioned state police chief Ashok Kumar.
“Days earlier than she went lacking, the lady had despatched WhatsApp messages to her shut pal sharing her ordeal,” he mentioned.
The three males allegedly thrashed the lady and pushed her right into a canal close to the resort after an argument, sources mentioned.
Earlier, a Fb pal of the lady had reportedly mentioned that his pal was killed as a result of she refused to have intercourse with friends on the resort for which she was supplied Rs 10,000.
Mr Kumar mentioned {that a} Particular Investigation Group (SIT), headed by Deputy Inspector Common of Police Renuka Devi, is now probing the matter, and the police will make sure that the accused get “strictest potential punishment” for the ugly crime.
The SIT was shaped following a directive by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami who has promised “the harshest motion” within the case – irrespective of who’s concerned.
.Police recovered the lady’s physique from the Chilla canal in Rishikesh on Saturday morning. The draft post-mortem report has revealed that the lady died attributable to drowning, and that she had blunt power trauma.
As particulars of her homicide emerged, violent protests broke out across the resort in Rishikesh with locals breaking glass panes and a few attempting to torch a pickle manufacturing unit on its premises.
An offended mob additionally attacked the police automobile when the accused males have been being taken to a court docket on Friday.