India, Jan. 4 -- Members of civil society, social organisations and political parties marched towards Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's residence in Dehradun on Sunday, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the 2022 Uttarakhand receptionist murder case, but were stopped by police.

Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat also began a six-day march on foot (padyatra) from Haridwar to press for a CBI inquiry into the murder of a 19-year-old receptionist for allegedly refusing to provide "extra services" to a "VIP guest" at a resort in Pauri Garhwal.

The deceased, a resident of Uttarakhand's Pauri district, was employed as a receptionist at the Vanantra Resort in Yamkeshwar, Rishik...