Delhi Police Detain Ankita Bhandari's Parents at India Gate Protest
Parents of murdered Uttarakhand woman and Congress leaders briefly held during early-morning demonstration against Sikkim governor appointment.
KEY POINTS
- Delhi Police detained Ankita Bhandari's parents and Congress leaders at India Gate around 4 a.m. Thursday.
- Protesters demanded Dushyant Kumar Gautam's Sikkim governor appointment be halted pending CBI probe.
- Detainees, including Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate, were released around 5 a.m.
- Ankita's father gave a 24-hour ultimatum to cancel the appointment or face nationwide protests.
- Three convicts are serving life sentences for the 2022 murder; Gautam denies VIP allegations.
Delhi Police detained the parents of Ankita Bhandari, a 19-year-old murdered in Uttarakhand in 2022, along with several Congress leaders during a protest at India Gate around 4 a.m. on Thursday. The demonstrators demanded the cancellation of BJP leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam's appointment as Sikkim governor pending a CBI probe into alleged VIP involvement in the murder case.
Police released the parents and the detained Congress leaders, including Pawan Khera and Supriya Shrinate, around 5 a.m. after approximately one hour in custody. Ankita's father issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the central government to revoke Gautam's appointment, threatening nationwide protests if the demand is not met.
“We give a 24-hour ultimatum to the government for the cancellation of Dushyant's appointment. Nationwide protests will be launched if the government does not accept our demand.”
Three men have been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2022 murder. Gautam, whose name has surfaced in allegations regarding an unidentified VIP, denies the accusations and has initiated defamation proceedings. Congress leaders accused police of manhandling women protesters and MPs, calling the action an assault on democratic rights.
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