VIP guests visiting Rishikesh’s Vanantra Resort used to stay in the Presidential Suite for the special service. During the interrogation of the existing and former employees of the resort, the SIT came to know that their visitor’s register was not entered. The SIT will now try to trace them through mobile numbers active in the area during their stay.

There is constant pressure on the SIT to identify the VIP guest coming to Vanantra Resort for special service in the Ankita murder case. To give special service to this, former BJP leader Vinod Arya’s son and resort owner Pulkit Arya and his personal assistant Ankit were pressurizing Ankita Bhandari. On Ankita’s refusal, the accused had left her to die by pushing her into the canal. In this episode, the existing and former employees of the resort were questioned by the SIT for a long time.

The names of the VIP guests who appeared in the inquiry were matched with the visitor register. After the remand of the accused is over, now the SIT has focused the investigation on the VIP guest. During the interrogation of the staff, it was found that the VIP guests visiting the resort stayed in the Presidential Suite.

The SIT will now start questioning the VIP guest staying in the Presidential Suite. These may also include some white-collar and powerful people. However, the SIT may also face some problems in this, as the number of many VIP guests and call girls who came to Vanantra Resort were not recorded in the visitor register. This was disclosed by Ishita, a former employee of the resort.

On Friday, the SIT got the remand of Ankita murder accused Pulkit Arya, Ankit alias Pulkit Gupta and Saurabh Bhaskar from the court, which ended on Sunday. The SIT has claimed that after interrogating the accused and resort staff during this period, the team has collected much concrete evidence of the incident. Many evidence related to the incident has also been found on the spot of the accused.

According to the SIT, the crime scene was recreated by taking the accused on remand and taking them to the spot on the same day. Important electronic evidence has also been found during this period. The SIT is also talking about knowing the motive of the accused behind Ankita’s murder. According to the SIT, whatever evidence and witnesses have been found so far, they are supporting the post-mortem report. Before the incident, Ankita was not beaten up much in the resort. 

The SIT questioned Patwari Vaibhav Pratap Singh for his suspicious role in the case. Many things related to this incident have come to light. The SIT has interrogated Ankita’s friend Pushpdeep, resort employee Karan who spoke to Ankita during the incident, and Abhinav, an employee present on the spot when Ankita screamed and recorded their statements and recorded their statements.

The SIT has found many important shreds of evidence. After the interrogation of Patwari, employee, and friend of Ankita, statements have been recorded. Guests staying in the Presidential Suite of the resort were called VIPs. Now the SIT is investigating only from the angle of the VIP guest. The investigation has progressed a lot. Action will be taken as soon as further evidence is received.
– P. Renuka Devi, DIG and SIT in-charge