New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the take-down of social media posts within 24 hours linking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dushyant Gautam to the 2022 murder of Ankita Bhandari, a resort receptionist, in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal. A bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna also restrained actor Urmila Sanawar, former BJP lawmaker Suresh Rathore, the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and others from posting similar content. Gautam filed a defamation suit against Sanawar, Rathore, two political parties, and Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal for linking him to the murder. Justice Pushkarna observed that the allegations against Gautam were prima facie defamatory. She added that irreparable harm would be caused if the defendants were not restrained from disseminating the content. She directed Meta, which operates social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, to take down the posts, as per the rules, if the defendants failed to comply with the directions within 24 hours. The court fixed May 4 as the next date of hearing. Bhandari,19, was murdered after she was allegedly pressured for sexual favours at the resort of Pulkit Arya, son of a former BJP leader. Her body was recovered from a canal. A local court sentenced Arya and two others to life imprisonment....