India attends Blue Pacific event as observer in US

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September 25, 2022

India as an observer attended the Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP) Foreign Ministers meeting, in which the partners aimed to support the Pacific region and committed to working with the region to consider additional prospective initiatives including areas like education and infrastructure.

Issuing a joint statement, the ministers and representatives of PBP, along with observers and Pacific ministers, on September 22 met to discuss progress in implementing in PBP.

Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States welcomed Germany and Canada’s increased focus and commitment to genuine partnership with the Pacific and their announcement of intent to join the Partners in the Blue Pacific.

Partners reinforced that this inclusive, informal mechanism will be guided by the PIF’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and existing Pacific regional architecture.

This included ongoing engagement and consultation with the PIF and respect for the concept of Pacific regionalism and related regional mechanisms, sovereignty, transparency, accountability, and we are committed to being led and guided by the Pacific islands, the statement issued by the Uk government read.

Partners noted that the Partners in the Blue Pacific aims to support the Pacific region and its priorities more effectively and efficiently. Together and individually, our countries will enhance our existing efforts to support Pacific priorities.

Working together with the PIF and in response to the upcoming implementation plan for the 2050 Strategy, we will map existing projects and plan future ones, seeking to drive resources, remove duplication, and close gaps, which will avoid greater burdens and lost opportunities for Pacific governments and Pacific peoples.

In parallel, each of our governments will continue to increase the ambition of our individual efforts in the region and in alignment with national and regional goals and priorities.

Six prospective Lines of Effort and initial projects for PBP were discussed, aligned with the thematic areas of the Forum’s 2050 Strategy. Participants agreed to further dialogue ahead of finalizing the Lines of Effort.

The Lines of Effort discussed include — Climate Change Resilience, Adaptation, and Disasters Secure and Resilient Technology and Connectivity, Protection of the Ocean and Environment people-centered Development, Resources and Economic Development and Political Leadership and Regionalism.

The statement further read that the participants discussed some prospective initiatives that could be considered initially under the informal, inclusive Partners in the Blue Pacific.

These included — Pacific humanitarian warehousing to preposition humanitarian and emergency supplies as agreed by PIF Ministers at the inaugural Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction Ministers Meeting in Nadi; an annual Pacific cyber capacity conference; further support to the Pacific Climate Change Centre in Samoa; and support to access climate finance.

Participants agreed to further discussion of prospective initiatives in 2022 based on preferred timeframes of the Pacific Islands. Partners further committed to working with the region to consider additional prospective initiatives for Pacific consultation and consideration, including in areas such as education and scholarships, infrastructure, gender, and countering Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Partners committed to regular and ongoing engagement with Pacific Island governments, the PIF and other Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific (CROP) agencies, and to periodic engagement to review and guide implementation in partnership with the Pacific in alignment with the views of the Pacific Islands. Partners committed to regular, enduring engagement and consultation with Forum members on Partners in the Blue Pacific to ensure it meets Pacific priorities.

Partners reinforced their long-term commitment to the Pacific and to ensuring that this informal, inclusive mechanism delivers practical, tangible results aligned with existing regional architecture and guided by the Pacific at every stage, the statement read.

Apart from India, attendees included representatives from Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Japan, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vanuatu, as well as Canada, France, Germany, Republic of Korea, the Pacific Islands Forum, and the European Union were also presented there, as per the statement.

Mahant Narendra Giri’s death unveiled many mysteries

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September 25, 2022

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When Mahant Narendra Giri, president of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad at Baghambri Math in Prayagraj died by committing suicide, the incident raised many questions. In fact, in the room where the dead body of the Mahant was found hanging, he never slept in it. Apart from this, a door of the bathroom attached to that room also opens outwards. In such a situation, despite being locked from the inside, anyone can get out of that room. The mystery of Mahant’s death is yet to be solved.

The hanging body of Mahant Narendra Giri was found in the room just opposite the meeting hall in the Math premises. It is said that the Mahant’s bedroom was on the first floor of the Baghambareshwar Mahadev temple. After the death of Mahant Narendra Giri, the Peethadheeshwar of Baghambari Math, who was the President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, asked the court to open the room and handover the Math belonging to Baghambari Math.

Everyone was shocked when CBI found two bags containing Rs 3 crore rupees, many notes were found in a drawer of the bed on which the Mahant slept. This is the room which was sealed by the CBI in the presence of five people four days after Mahant’s death. Even a day before the death of the Mahant, the matter of bringing a huge amount from Haridwar to the Math has not been hidden from the police officers to the priests of the Math. The links of Mahant’s death also seem to be connected with these notes because all the cameras covering the way out through Vicharanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya located in the rear side of his room were found faulty that day.

From the same room, Mahant Narendra Giri got down on 20 September 2021 after 11 o’clock in the day for a meal and went to wait for someone in the visitor’s room. More than 15 cameras from his room to the visitor’s room and the surrounding premises were found switched off that day. Monitor control of these cameras was also in the Mahant’s bedroom. From the visitor’s room of the Baghambari Gaddi Math to the Mahant’s bedroom, the mystery of death has remained entangled.

It is being said that the secret of this mysterious death of this mahant is also the HD cameras installed behind the monastery from his bedroom. On the basis of the footage received from that day, it has been learned so far that Mahant was seen descending from the stairs of his room along with his close servant Dhananjay. For the last time he was seen going towards the visitor’s room and the sevadar descending the stairs behind him was seen going towards the Havan Kund behind the Math.

After a thorough investigation of Mahant Narendra Giri’s room, the items of which the CBI had made a list were sealed in the presence of five people. Apart from two CBI officers, the names of Mahant Ravindra Puri, president of Akhara Parishad and secretary of Niranjani Akhara, Amar Giri, administrator of Bade Hanuman temple and Balbir Giri, the current Peethadheeshwar of Baghambari Math, are included.

Huge amounts of cash, jewellery and property-related documents were recovered from the sealed rooms of Mahant Narendra Giri – a year after his death – at Baghambari mutt, when it was opened by a three-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team. A senior officer privy to the probe disclosed that around Rs 2.5 crore was recovered along with documents related to property, and jewellery. The whole act was also video graphed by the CBI team. The rooms were opened on the plea of Mahant Balbir Giri who had moved court demanding that all the property and cash inside the mutt is not the case property and hence must be returned.

The court had passed the order following which the CBI team in presence of ACM (III) Abhinav Kanojia, ACM (IV) Ganesh Kumar and police circle officer (IV) Rajesh Yadav along with a bank officer took out the cash, jewellery and handed it over to the mutt authorities. To recall, on September 20, Mahant Narendra Giri, 62, the president of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), was found dead at Shri Mutt Baghambari Gaddi in Prayagraj. Thereafter, the UP government had recommended a CBI probe into the death of the mahant. After a month of investigation, CBI filed a charge sheet, stating that Anand Giri, Adya Tiwari and Sandeep Tiwari circulated objectionable audio defaming the reputation of the late mahant and mounted on him immense pressure, mental and psychological, forcing him to end his life. The three were booked under the charges of abetting suicide.

Mahant Narendra Giri was living in such grave mental trauma due to the threat and fear created by Anand Giri, Adhya Prasad Tiwari and Sandeep Tiwari that he was compelled to die by suicide on September 20 at Baghambari Math in Prayagraj, according to the charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on November 20. Although Mahant Narendra Giri was under psychological pressure for months, a threat by Anand Giri to circulate purported objectionable videos and audios of the Mahant and a woman triggered him to take the extreme step that day “to avoid defamation and insult in the eyes of society, his followers and devotees”, added the charge sheet, a copy of which has been reviewed by HT.

The threat was first issued by Anand Giri on May 23 during a call between him, Mahant Ravinder Puri of Niranjani Akhara (Haridwar) and Narendra Giri. The call was supposed to iron out differences between Anand Giri and the Mahant over his expulsion from Baghambari Gaddi and Bade Hanuman Temple for alleged misappropriation of funds and continuing to maintain close ties with his family, which is against the tradition of a sanyasi. The Mahant had also removed Adhya Prasad Tiwari and his elder son Dilip Tiwari as priests of the Bade Hanuman temple and took back a flower shop inside the premises, run by Tiwari’s younger son, Sandeep Tiwari.

Iran has offered ONGC firm a 30 per cent stake in the gas field

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September 25, 2022

Iran has offered ONGC Videsh Ltd and its partners a 30 per cent interest in development of the Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf that was discovered by the Indian consortium, officials said. ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), in 2008 had discovered a giant gas field in the 3,500 square kilometer Farsi offshore block.

In April 2011, it submitted a master development plan (MDP) to bring the discovery, which was named Farzad-B, for production but negotiations got stalled as international sanctions were slapped on Iran over its nuclear plans. Negotiations restarted in 2015, but in February 2020, National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) informed that Iranian government has decided to award the contract to develop the field to a local firm.

The exploration contract, under which OVL and its partners had discovered gas reserves in Farsi block, provided for the discoverer to be part of the field development, the officials said.

Citing the Exploration Service Contract, Iran asked the Indian consortium to exercise its rights to participate in the development contract up to minimum 30 per cent stake, they said, adding Tehran asked the Indian firms to exercise the right within 90 days failing which it would be deemed as rejection of the offer.Officials said for further discussion to participate in the development contract, communications and comments on Confidentiality Agreement (CA) were sent to NIOC in March and a reminder in the following month. However, NIOC has not responded to that, they said.

OVL holds a 40 per cent stake in the 3,500 square kilometre Farsi offshore exploration block in the Persian Gulf Iran. Indian Oil Corp (IOC) holds 40 per cent stake and the remaining 20 per cent is with Oil India Ltd (OIL).

The Exploration Service Contract (ESC) for the Block was signed on December 25, 2002 and OVL in 2008 made a giant discovery on the block, which was later rechristened as Farzad-B.

The field holds 23 trillion cubic feet of in-place gas reserves, of which about 60 per cent is recoverable. It also holds gas condensates of about 5,000 barrels per billion cubic feet of gas.

The Indian consortium submitted a Master Development Plan (MDP) of Farzad-B gas field in April 2011 to Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC), the then designated authority by NIOC for the development of Farzad-B gas field.

A Development Service Contract (DSC) of the Farzad-B gas field was negotiated till November 2012, but could not be finalized due to difficult terms and international sanctions on Iran. In April 2015, negotiations restarted with Iranian authorities to develop the Farzad-B gas field under a new Iran Petroleum Contract (IPC).

This time, NIOC introduced Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) as its representative for negotiations. From April 2016, both sides negotiated to develop the Farzad-B gas field under an integrated contract covering upstream and downstream, including monetization/marketing of the processed gas.

However, negotiations remained inconclusive. In 2016, Iran said it was examining the Indian proposal but that an agreement was unlikely because of the difference between Iran’s demanded gas price and India’s offer. India offered a USD 6.2 billion development plan and a gas price of around USD 4 per million British thermal unit for Farzad-B in 2018.

Meanwhile, on the basis of new studies, a revised Provisional Master Development Plan (PMDP) was submitted to POGC in March 2017, officials said, adding that in April 2019, NIOC proposed development of the gas field under the DSC and offtake of raw gas by NIOC at landfall point.

However, due to the imposition of US sanctions on Iran in November 2018, technical studies could not be concluded which is a precursor for commercial negotiations. In February, 2020, NIOC informed its intention to conclude the contract for Farzad-B development with an Iranian company.

In March 2021, it notified the Indian consortium of signing of the development contract with Petropars, a local Iranian company. The Indian consortium has so far invested around USD 85 million in the block. The contract provides for the Indian consortium being paid back the expense together with a fixed rate of return.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov backs India for permanent member in UN Security Council

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September 25, 2022

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov backed India for becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council. While addressing the 77th United Nations General Assembly, Lavrov said, “We see prospective of making Security Council more democratic via representation of countries from Africa, Asia & Latin America. India and Brazil, in particular, are key international actors and should be counted for permanent membership in the council.”

While addressing the Assembly, Lavrov accused Western countries of “throwing a fit” over the referendum that is being conducted in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine on becoming a part of their federation.

The Russian Foreign Minister said the crises surrounding the war were growing, and the international situation was rapidly deteriorating, but instead of having an honest dialogue and searching for a compromise, the West was “undermining confidence in international institutions” and encouraging negative tendencies within the United Nations as well, according to UN News.

He said the United States was trying to turn the whole world into its “backyard”, and together with its partners, punishing dissenters from its world view, through what he called “illegal unilateral sanctions” which violate the UN Charter, and hurt poor citizens in poorer countries, targeting their medicines, vaccines and food imports.

Earlier, India with 31 other countries in a joint statement on reforms stated that an expansion of the Security Council in both permanent and non-permanent categories, as well as reform in its working methods, is indispensable to making this body more representative, legitimate and effective, delegations reiterated.

The signatories of the joint statement stated that they reaffirm that adapting the United Nations to contemporary world realities necessarily requires urgent and comprehensive reform of the Security Council, the principal organ for international peace and security.

According to the statement, the heads of delegations were convinced of the need to restore faith in effective multilateralism, “we stand united, as a group of pro-reform like-minded States, determined to work towards a more inclusive, responsive and participatory international governance architecture,” the statement reads.

“We further recognize that lack of progress in Security Council reform has serious implications, not only for the continued relevance of global governance institutions but also for global peace and security and delivering on the purposes, principles and promises of the United Nations Charter,” it added.

The head of delegations recognized that a reformed Security Council must better reflect the contemporary United Nations membership, including through enhanced representation of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which comprise approximately 20 per cent of the United Nations’ membership.

Maha CM Eknath Shinde said “Projects stalled in the state will be worked on priority”

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September 25, 2022

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said Metro and other projects stalled in the state in the last two-and-a-half years have been taken up on priority by his government.

“We don’t take decisions sitting in Mantralaya (state secretariat), we take decisions on the spot. Our government has removed negativity and brought in positivity in the state. This has brought ‘nav chaitanya’ (new consciousness) among citizens,” Shinde said.

He said his government after coming to power in June-end this year had cleared thousands of files. In the wake of the Vedanta-Foxconn multi-billion semiconductor project going in Gujarat, Shinde said, “What if one industry has gone out of the state, we will get better ones.” One has to see the list the industries which have come up in the state in the past two-and-a-half years, he said addressing a rally held in the memory the Mathadi leader late Annasaheb Patil in Navi Mumbai. “We are here for satya (truth) and not for satta (Power),” Shinde said adding that his was a “double engine government” and detractors were afraid of it.

Shinde became chief minister on June 30 this year after a revolt led by him against the Shiv Sena leadership led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government, which comprised the Sena, NCP and Congress.

The CM said he would not comment on anyone and that the people of Maharashtra have themselves seen the speed of work in the past-two-and-a-half years.

“The projects in the state, including Metro, which were stalled in the past two-and-a-half years have been taken up on priority and started now,” he said. Shinde said the citizens of the state have now witnessed a change with several decisions being taken by the present government. “When we sign orders, our intentions are very clear. We take decisions on the spot,” the CM said.

He was referring to his visit on Saturday to meet families affected by the Sewri-Worli elevated road project and his announcement that they would be given transit accommodation. “We do not have any personal agenda. We are working for the overall development of all sections of people in the state. We want a balanced development of the state,” the CM said.

The recruitment process which had halted in the past 2.5 years has been restarted. The process of recruitment of 75,000 people has already begun, he said without elaborating. “We want to create job givers and not job aspirants,” he said, adding that this was also the intention of Shiv Sena supremo late Bal Thackeray.

In the recent Ganesh festival, there was a business of Rs 9,000 crore and this was possible as “we had lifted restrictions on the festivals” (imposed earlier in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic), Shinde pointed out. Shinde said his government has set up a war room to monitor the progress of various projects on a day-to-day basis, which was not happening previously. “No one can stop Maharashtra’s development as we have the Centre’s support,” he said.

The CM added with the able support of Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, the government would being development. He also announced the appointment of Narendra Patil as chairman of the Annasaheb Patil Arthik Vikas Mahamandal, working for the development of the Mathadi community (head loaders).

Maha : Thane district an old couple has been booked for allegedly forcing minor to beg

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September 25, 2022

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An 82-year-old man and his septuagenarian wife have been booked for allegedly forcing their 7-year-old granddaughter to beg, police in Dombivali in Thane district said on Sunday.

The couple, identified as Nilya Kale and his wife Nashika Kale (72), is from Bitkewadi in Ahmednagar, some 230 kilometres from here, Dombivali railway police senior inspector Mukesh Dhage said.

“They have been booked under Maharashtra Prevention of Begging Act and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act. They have not been arrested as yet. The couple was first spotted with the child on a railway bridge on September 22.

Passersby had alerted police,” he said. At first police believed it was a case of kidnapping but it was confirmed later that the child was their granddaughter, he added.

BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi slams Cong MP Digvijay Singh for comparing RSS with PFI

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September 25, 2022

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday slammed Congress MP Digvijay Singh for comparing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the Popular Front of India (PFI) organisation and said that he should be “ashamed” for doing so.

“Digvijay Singh has always supported those who are terrorists, who were the supporters of the terrorists of Batla House. Today, his condition is such that he has not been able to come to the power in Madhya Pradesh even after 20 years. He is comparing it with RSS whose patriotism is unquestionable,” Sushil Modi told to agencies while reacting to Singh’s controversial comparison of RSS with PFI on Saturday.

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh while denouncing the violence perpetrated by the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala, dissed the RSS and VHP as well, calling them “ek hi thali ke chatte batte.”

“Action should be taken against all those who spread hatred and violence. Why action is not being taken against RSS & Vishva Hindu Parishad? They (PFI-RSS) are ‘Ek hi thaali ke chatte-batte’,” he said on Saturday.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi further said, “PFI organizations which were plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi were conspiring to create tension within the gathering.”

He alleged that Singh’s statement supports such organizations whose bank accounts have been found with more than Rs 100 crore and who assert to make India a ‘Muslim nation by 2047’.

“Digvijay Singh should be ashamed. He is supporting an organization which is being opposed even by the government ruling in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, i.e, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M),” the Rajya Sabha MP said.

During the PFI ‘harthal’ (protest) in Kerala, as many as 171 people were arrested and 368 others were detained in connection with multiple incidents of violence across the state.

As per the reports, 71 Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses were damaged and 12 officials were injured during various incidents. Most buses were damaged in stone pelting.

Afghanistan: Helmand Province residents are requesting for financial aid as it is affected by Taliban regime

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September 25, 2022

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Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the residents of Helmand Province have requested financial aid to re-build the demolished homes as the Taliban regime and conflicts have resulted in financial difficulties for the people in the country.

The locals of Afghanistan’s Helmand province which has been affected by violence for a long time have added to the financial suffering of the Afghans as most of them are not able to reconstruct their homes, TOLOnews reported.

“Twelve family members were killed during a bombardment, and I was the lone survivor. One of my uncles was also martyred,” said Fatema, a resident of Sangin District located in Helmand province of Afghanistan. Condemning the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, another citizen of Helmand Abdul Shakur said, “These walls had crumbled during the bombing. We reconstructed these walls to create the house.” “All of our homes collapsed here,” said Abdul Rashid, a resident of Nad Ali district said, reported TOLOnews.

However, the local Helmand officials refuted all the claims of residents and said they have started work on re-constructing the demolished homes in the province’s war-torn areas with the financial assistance of humanitarian organizations. Moreover, blasts have also become a new normal in Helmand.

Earlier on September 4, three children were killed and three others were injured after a blast took place in Afghanistan’s Helmand province of Afghanistan. As per reports, all the victims were students. Last month, a number of blasts were reported in the capital city of Kabul, claiming dozens of innocent lives.

Several Rights groups said the Taliban have broken multiple pledges to respect human rights and women’s rights, according to TOLOnews. After capturing Kabul in August last year, the Islamic authorities have imposed severe restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights, suppressed the media, and arbitrarily detained, tortured, and summarily executed critics and perceived opponents, among other abuses.

Rights groups say that the Taliban’s human rights abuses have brought widespread condemnation and imperilled international efforts to address the country’s dire humanitarian situation.

Indian Army, J&K Police neutralized 2 terrorists near LoC at Kupwara

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September 25, 2022

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The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday neutralized two terrorists near the Line of Control (LoC) at Tekri Nar in the Machil area of Kupwara.

The police informed that they have also recovered several arms and ammunition from the possession of these unidentified terrorists who have been killed.

“Army and Kupwara Police neutralized two #terrorists near #LoC Tekri Nar in Machil area of #Kupwara. Identification of the killed terrorists being ascertained. 02 AK 47 rifles, 02 pistols & 04 hand grenades recovered. Further details shall follow,” the Kashmir Zone police tweeted.

More details are awaited.

Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: local market was shut as locals showed solidarity

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September 25, 2022

Amid the ongoing turbulence across the state over the Ankita Bhandari murder case, the local market was shut on Sunday as the locals showed solidarity.

The development came ahead of Ankita’s funeral in Garhwal, Srinagar. Traders of Srinagar kept their business establishments wholly closed. They also demanded capital punishment for the culprits.

Earlier, the family of the deceased refused to perform the last rites as they demanded the handing over of the post-mortem report. The administration on another hand tried convincing Ankita’s family.

“We won’t conduct her last rites until her post-mortem report is given. We saw in her provisional report that she was beaten up and thrown in a river. But we’re awaiting the final report,” said Ajay Singh Bhandari, brother of Ankita Bhandari.

The SIT on Sunday told to agencies that her Whatsapp chats were also being probed.

As per reports a WhatsApp chat has come to the fore in the investigation. According to police sources, in this chat, Ankita is telling her friend that the owner of the resort is pressuring her to provide ‘extra service’ to the guests.

There is a lot of anger among people after the murder of the receptionist. The SIT in charge of Ankita Bhandari’s murder case, DIG PR Devi, told agencies that Ankita’s WhatsApp chats that have surfaced are also being probed.

As per a viral chat, it is alleged that it was being said that the guest would get ‘extra service’ for Rs 10,000. In the WhatsApp chat, there is talk of providing ‘extra service’ in the name of providing spa treatment at the Vanatara Resort.

Earlier, the Special Investigation Team in the Ankita Bhandari case also confirmed that every employee of the Vantara resort would be called to the police station. The statements of these employees would be recorded, the officials said.

“We have called every employee in the resort to the police station; we will take everyone’s statements. We’re running a full background analysis on the resort,” said DIG PR Devi, SIT In-charge.