A state-wide bandh was observed against the state government probe into the Ankita Bhandari murder case on Sunday, with protesters demanding a CBI investigation under the supervision of a sitting Supreme Court or high court judge in the case. The Uttarakhand bandh called by the Congress was a complete failure. Neither the public nor the traders supported it, and the ground reality did not align with Congress’s claims. Congress called this bandh a voice for justice, but the question remains: When the CBI investigation had already been recommended, what was the point of the bandh?
