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Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi with the parents of Ankita Bhandari during a sit-in protest at India Gate, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. LoP Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi joined the family to express solidarity with their demand to put on hold the gubernatorial appointment of a BJP leader whose name they allege is linked to the case. | Photo: PTI
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Activist Yogita Bhayana, centre, with the parents of the deceased victim Ankita Bhandari stage a sit-in protest at India Gate demanding justice for their daughter, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. Bhandari was killed at Vanantra Resort in Rishikesh on Sept. 18, 2022, and her body was recovered from the Chilla canal four days later; resort owner Pulkit Arya, son of former BJP leader Vinod Arya, and two accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder. | Photo: PTI
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In this image posted on Oct. 14, 2026, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi with the parents of Ankita Bhandari during a sit-in protest at India Gate, in New Delhi. LoP Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi joined the family to express solidarity with their demand to put on hold the gubernatorial appointment of a BJP leader whose name they allege is linked to the case. | Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI
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In this image posted on Oct. 15, 2026, Police personnel detain parents of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, who was murdered in Uttarakhand in 2022, while protesting near India Gate against Dushyant Kumar Gautam’s appointment as Sikkim governor, in New Delhi. | Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI
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Father of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, who was murdered in Uttarakhand in 2022, speaks to the media, after being detained while protesting near India Gate against Dushyant Kumar Gautam’s appointment as Sikkim governor, in New Delhi, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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In this image posted on Oct. 15, 2026, Police personnel detain parents of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, who was murdered in Uttarakhand in 2022, while protesting near India Gate against Dushyant Kumar Gautam’s appointment as Sikkim governor, in New Delhi. | Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI
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Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi with the parents of Ankita Bhandari during a sit-in protest at India Gate, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. LoP Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi joined the family to express solidarity with their demand to put on hold the gubernatorial appointment of a BJP leader whose name they allege is linked to the case. | Photo: PTI
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In this image posted on Oct. 14, 2026, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra join the parents of Ankita Bhandari during a sit-in protest at India Gate, in New Delhi. LoP Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi joined the family to express solidarity with their demand to put on hold the gubernatorial appointment of a BJP leader whose name they allege is linked to the case. | Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI
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In this image posted on Oct. 14, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra embraces mother of Ankita Bhandari during a sit-in protest at India Gate, in New Delhi. LoP Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi joined the family to express solidarity with their demand to put on hold the gubernatorial appointment of a BJP leader whose name they allege is linked to the case. | Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI
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In this image posted on Oct. 14, 2026, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi interacts with father of Ankita Bhandari during a sit-in protest at India Gate, in New Delhi. LoP Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi joined the family to express solidarity with their demand to put on hold the gubernatorial appointment of a BJP leader whose name they allege is linked to the case. | Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI
