In 2007, when the Akshay Kumar film Bhool Bhulaiyaa released, protests broke out in pockets of the country. In Mumbai, a case was filed against the movie over a song that allegedly “hurt religious sentiments”. In Haridwar, members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the RSS, pelted stones at a shop after a protest against the film escalated. Leading the mob was Pulkit Arya, who was recently arrested in the murder case of Ankita Bhandari in Uttarakhand.
Ankita, 19, worked as a receptionist at a resort owned by Pulkit Arya in Yamkeshwar, Pauri. She was allegedly killed by Pulkit, manager Saurabh Bhaskar and assistant manager Ankit Gupta after she resisted their demands to offer “extra services” to guests. They had reported her “missing” until her body was found six days later.
