A 32-year-old woman, identified as Menaka Singh, was allegedly strangled to death in the Baljeet Nagar area under the Patel Nagar police station, Delhi Police reported on Saturday.
A day after a Kotdwar court awarded rigorous life imprisonment to the three men convicted of murdering 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Deepam Seth credited the swift police action and thorough investigation for the outcome.
"Tariqul Islam, a local BNP leader, was murdered on May 22 in Dahramshiahati village of Sundali Union in Abhaynagar Upzila of Jessore district over a dispute over the lease of a fish enclosure," it added.
"Today's verdict sends a message that crime never pays off... No matter who a criminal is in Uttarakhand, the law will not spare him/her," Dhami said here.
"On the appeal of the prosecution, a fine of Rs 4 lakhs was ordered to be paid to the victim's parents as compensation. The full judgment is yet to come... We had presented forty-seven witnesses," Negi, who represented Ankita and was appointed by the government, told ANI.
Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha and Palace Grounds, Shivakumar said, "We have taken steps to protect all sections of society. In addition to the official report, a team from the Party has also been sent to interact with the public and submit a report. We want peace to be restored
In a significant verdict, the Additional District Judge (ADJ) court in Kotdwar has sentenced all three accused in the Ankita Bhandari murder case--resort owner and BJP leader Pulkit Arya, Saurabh Bhaskar, and Ankit Gupta--to life imprisonment.
The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court Kotdwari in Uttarakhand has convicted all three accused in the high-profile Ankita Bhandari murder case.
Ahead of the Kotdwar court's verdict in the Ankita Bhandari murder case, the victim's mother Soni Devi broke down in grief, urging the people of Uttarakhand to continue supporting the family and demanding capital punishment for those accused in the case that shook the state in 2022.
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Kotdwar is set to pronounce its verdict today in the high-profile Ankita Bhandari murder case, which has gripped the nation's attention since September 2022.
A 13-year-old girl was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a room located on the terrace of the third floor at Sitapuri, in Delhi's Dabri area on Friday, police said.