Dehradun, Sept. 24 -- The remains of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari, who was reported missing for five days, were recovered on Saturday morning, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said.

A Special Investigation Team has been formed to probe the matter, he added about the crime which is alleged to have been linked to a BJP leader's son.

Dhami's tweets came a day after Pulkit Arya, the son of a former BJP minister in Uttarakhand, and three others were arrested by the state's police for murdering Ankita, who worked as a receptionist at a resort in the Laxman Jhula area.

Pulkit, the son of BJP leader Vinod Arya, has been named as the "main accused" in the case, the police said. He owns the Vanantra Resort, where Ankita worked.

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