Patiala, 09th January:- A meeting of various organizations was held at Garhwal Bhawan Virk Colony Patiala under the chairmanship of Mr. Uttam Singh Bagri, the organizer. The president and secretary of local organizations were present in this meeting. In this, due to the lack of proper investigation in the murder case of Uttarakhand's daughter Ankita Bhandari, the names of some influential people are now being supported at the national level. Because Ankita Bhandari worked as a receptionist in Bantara Resort at Ganga-Bhogpur in Pauri district.
In which the rape allegedly took place in the year 2022 and after that she was killed. In this regard, the public movement is going on in full swing in the state of Uttarakhand. In which the public there is demanding trial through fast track court, strictest punishment to the culprits and fair action. But the Uttarakhand government is not even listening.
In today's meeting, the presidents and secretaries of the institutions and kirtan mandals of Uttarakhand were present in Patiala and their presidents/secretaries expressed their views on the above issue. Later, it was unanimously decided that a peaceful rally/candle march by the local institutions and kirtan mandals will be held on Sunday, 11-01-2026, at the Central State Library at 2:30 pm and will end at Fuaran Chowk via Mall Road.
After this, a five-member delegation will submit a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Patiala in the name of the President of India. In which a memorandum will be sent to get an impartial investigation done by the CBI in the case of Ankita Bhandari and to provide security to her parents. Because Ankita Bhandari's parents are living in insecurity and are feeling the threat to their lives.
On this occasion, members of Pramarth Seva Samiti, Jan Jagran Samiti, Pori Garhwal Sabha, Uttaranchal Samaj Sudhar Sanstha, Uttarakhand Sabha, Garhwal Sabha, Hilans Sanskritik Kalan Manch, Uttarachali Cultural and Welfare Society, Kamaon Sabha and Kirtan Mandals etc. were present.
In this meeting, Shri Uttam Singh Bagri, Mulayam Singh Rana, Bhagat Singh Bhandari all the coordinators, Rajinder Singh Pawar, Birendra Patwal, Naveen Singh Rawat, Madhav Singh Bisht, Jagdish Prasad, Gurmeet Singh Negi, Bhup Singh Aswal, Kailash Prohit, Ravinder Singh Rawat all the co-coordinators, Surveer Singh Pawar, Jyot Singh Bhandari, Ramesh Bhandari, Dheeraj Singh Rawat, Puran Singh Jinnah, Kunwar Singh Rawat, Ramesh Dhiani, Ravinder Singh Rawat, Bhuvan Chandra Bhat, Mrs. Basanti Devi Dhodial, Diveshwari Devi Brisht, Roshni Devi Negi, Sunita Devi, Kavita Mehra, Kamla Goswami, Hira Gupta, Rajinder Singh Pawar (Raju), Giris Shaklani, Vijay Singh Negi, Bhagwan Singh Pawar, etc. were present.