Dehradun: The BJP on Saturday expelled Vinod and Ankit Arya, the daddy and brother of Pulkit Arya who’s the primary accused within the Ankita Bhandari homicide case, from the get together with instant impact.

Ankit Arya has additionally been faraway from the put up of Deputy Chairman of the Uttarakhand Other Backward Classes Commission with instant impact.

“Taking the cognizance of the murder of Ankita, State President Mahendra Bhatt has expelled Vinod Arya and his son Ankit Arya, residents of Haridwar district, from the BJP with immediate effect,” the get together’s Uttarakhand unit stated in its order in Hindi.

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami additionally tweeted the suspension letter.

“In the Ankita murder case, we have removed Ankit Arya, brother of the main accused Pulkit Arya, from the post of nominated vice-chairman of the Uttarakhand Other Backward Classes Commission with immediate effect. Along with this, Ankit Arya and his father Vinod Arya have also been expelled from the BJP,” he tweeted.

The physique of Bhandari, a 19-year-old who labored at Pulkit Arya’s resort Pauri Garhwal, was recovered on Saturday morning from the Chilla canal.

She had gone lacking just a few days in the past.

Pulkit Arya and two others have been arrested on Friday night time. The accused have confessed to murdering Ankita and throwing her physique within the canal.

(IANS)