Police early Saturday recovered the body of a female receptionist, allegedly killed by a BJP leader's son, from Cheela canal where the accused had dumped her.
The development in the case was shared by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in a tweet, who said he was pained by the incident.
Pulkit Arya, the key accused in the case and the owner of the resort where the victim worked, is son of Vinod Arya, a BJP leader from Haridwar.