Team Omar, on tourism revival tour, holds meet in Gulmarg

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah is leading from the forefront the campaign for revival of tourism in the Valley, which was hit by a terror attack last month.

- Mir Ehsan

DEHRADUN: As Kotdwar court in Pauri Garhwal district will pronounce its verdict in the 2022 receptionist murder case on May 30 that rocked the state, the family of the victim has demanded capital punishment for the three accused in the case, including the son of a former BJP leader.

"The way those monsters killed my daughter... I have said it from the beginning... death for death. We want all three to be hanged..." the victim's father said while speaking to media persons on Wednesday.

"We hope the judiciary will deliver justice and award them the death penalty," the victim's father added.

He further stated that although the government had announced that the government nursing college in Dobh (Shrikot), Pauri Garhwal, would be named after his daughter, the promise remains unfulfilled.

The 19-year-old receptionist from Pauri Garhwal district was allegedly murdered by resort owner and then BJP leader Vinod Arya's son Pulkit and two others staff members at his resort. According to police, she was allegedly killed for refusing to provide "extra services," a euphemism for prostitution, to a VIP guest. The incident took place on September 18, 2022, while the woman's body was recovered from the Chilla canal six days later. The murder had triggered public large-scale outrage in the state.

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