Kotdwar, May 30 -- The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court Kotdwar in Uttarakhand has convicted all three accused in the high-profile Ankita Bhandari murder case.

The accused, identified as Pulkit Arya and his associates, Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta, were found guilty under Sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code, along with provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.

The court pronounced the verdict after a thorough trial, confirming the charges against the trio. Earlier, the accused were found guilty of the brutal murder of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, a receptionist at a resort in Rishikesh, whose case had sparked wide...