India, Jan. 8 -- Actor Urmila Sanawar on Thursday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted in connection with social media posts linking a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader to the 2022 Pauri Garhwal receptionist murder case.

This comes a day after the Delhi High Court directed the takedown of social media posts within 24 hours linking BJP leader Dushyant Gautam to the murder of Ankita Bhandari, a resort receptionist, in Uttarakhand.

Sanawar alleged that a "VIP", who sought sexual favours, was a senior political leader and released a clip in which former BJP legislator Suresh Rathore is purportedly heard naming Gautam and another senior party leader as the alleged VIPs for whom Bhandari was allegedly being force...