Ankita Bhandari’s family performed her last rites on Sunday evening after her family members and the protesting members of the public were convinced by the authorities not to defer the cremation.
The bereaved family was demanding the final post mortem report. The body of the 19-year-old who worked as a receptionist at a resort in Rishikesh and was allegedly killed by her employer and two others was recovered from the Chilla canal on Saturday. Three accused, including the resort owner Pulkit Arya who is the son of now expelled BJP leader, have been arrested in the case.
Earlier, demonstrators blocked the Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway outside the medical college mortuary for hours.