Ankita Bhandari homicide case: Public prosecutor recuses himself after protest by household
2 min readExpress News Service
DEHRADUN: The public prosecutor within the case referring to the homicide of Vantara resort receptionist Ankita Bhandari has recused himself from it. Ankita’s household, who had threatened to set themselves on fireplace and stage a sit-in demanding the removing of the general public prosecutor, have now postponed their protest.
“Ankita’s family postponed their proposed sit-in protest on July 17 after the government lawyer withdrew from the case,” Pauri District Magistrate Dr Ashish Chauhan advised reporters. Ankita’s household had on June 1 demanded that the district administration take away the federal government lawyer from the case.
Public prosecutor Jitendra Rawat has despatched a letter to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressing his want to withdraw from the case.
On Saturday, Chauhan met Ankita’s mom Soni Devi and father Virendra Bhandari and advised them that the federal government lawyer had determined to drop the case on his personal. Soni Devi has additionally demanded that the federal government title the nursing school in Pauri after Ankita.
DM Dr Ashish Chauhan stated, “We have sent the report to the office of the law secretary from where a decision on the appointment of a new lawyer will be taken.”
DEHRADUN: The public prosecutor within the case referring to the homicide of Vantara resort receptionist Ankita Bhandari has recused himself from it. Ankita’s household, who had threatened to set themselves on fireplace and stage a sit-in demanding the removing of the general public prosecutor, have now postponed their protest.
“Ankita’s family postponed their proposed sit-in protest on July 17 after the government lawyer withdrew from the case,” Pauri District Magistrate Dr Ashish Chauhan advised reporters. Ankita’s household had on June 1 demanded that the district administration take away the federal government lawyer from the case.
Public prosecutor Jitendra Rawat has despatched a letter to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressing his want to withdraw from the case.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
On Saturday, Chauhan met Ankita’s mom Soni Devi and father Virendra Bhandari and advised them that the federal government lawyer had determined to drop the case on his personal. Soni Devi has additionally demanded that the federal government title the nursing school in Pauri after Ankita.
DM Dr Ashish Chauhan stated, “We have sent the report to the office of the law secretary from where a decision on the appointment of a new lawyer will be taken.”
