“Legal action will be taken against news channels, portals, and social media sites who have been airing news about the Ankita Bhandari murder case without official verification from the SIT,” said DIG P. Renuka Devi on Sunday.
“On some news channels, portals and social media, the news is being run by some people personally by citing sources without the press release of the SIT. “This is affecting the law and order of the state and the investigation being done by the SIT,” said SIT in-charge, DIG P Renuka Devi, who is conducting the probe into the matter.
The DIG further requested to not release or publish any news in the name of SIT until any official statement is received. “Without press release of SIT, do not publish or release any news in the name of SIT, so that the law and order of the state and the investigation being done by SIT is not affected. In the Ankita case, after a full investigation by the SIT, all the facts will be presented in court,” she added.
The DIG said, “If anyone runs news without any basis of facts or posts it personally on social sites with the name of SIT, then legal action will be taken against them as per rules.”She said that talks have also been held with doctors regarding the postmortem report. Earlier, she had said that the post-mortem report filed by the panel of doctors and the pieces of evidence collected by the SIT in the Ankita Murder Case match.
Ankita, 19, was missing for at least six days before her body was recovered from the Chilla canal in Rishikesh on September 24. Pulkit Arya, the son of expelled BJP leader Vinod Arya, was arrested in the case for allegedly pushing her into the canal following an altercation. Besides Pulkit Arya, two more people were arrested.
