Justice In Ankita Murder Case!
No To State Govt.& Its Police Shielding Political High Ups Involved!
Order Fair, Scientific, Time Bound, CBI Enquiry!
Ankita, a young girl working in a hotel in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), was found murdered and dumped at some distance from her workplace. The hotel she worked in is owned by a BJP leader's close relative. Prior to her murder, she had made WhatsApp chats to her friend, desperately asking him to come urgently and remove her from the hotel, expressing her terror and fears because she had refused to give 'special services' demanded from her specifically by a VIP guest of the hotel. The identity of the VIP guest has not been disclosed by the police; her room in the hotel and some more parts were bulldozed on the orders of a local MLA and the Chief Minister of the BJP Uttarakhand Govt. after her body was found. The police chargesheet ignores the chats and a lot of other evidence.
The methods used to destroy/ ignore evidence, including bulldozing of the hotel are reminiscent of so many past instances where those in high places have got away with violence, including sexual violence, against ordinary women.
Ankita's family and friends had approached the Supreme Court as they hope that a CBI Enquiry would bring out the full facts. It is disappointing that the petition filed in the Supreme Court for a CBI investigation on the above grounds, was dismissed by the Court. We call on the Uttarakhand Govt and the Central Govt that a CBI enquiry be ordered. A time bound, fair, scientific investigation is the right of citizens and the highest Court of the country must protect this right.
ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION (AIDWA)
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDIAN WOMEN (NFIW)
ALL INDIA PROGRESSIVE WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION (AIPWA)
ALL India Mahila Sanskritik Sangathan (AIMSS)
ALL INDIA COORDINATION OF POW- PMS- IJM
