To express their solidarity the senior leaders of Uttarakhand Congress met the grieving family of Ankita Bhandari in Srinagar on Tuesday. The party leaders said that they will approach the Uttarakhand High Court seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the case if the family permits them. The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Karan Mahara, leader of opposition (LoP) in Uttarakhand Assembly Yashpal Arya, former PCC president Ganesh Godiyal and former MLA from Kedarnath Manoj Rawat visited the house of Ankita Bhandari located in Dobh- Srikot village near Srinagar town. Expressing their deep sorrow on the murder of Ankita, the Congress leaders said that they will extend every possible help to the grieving family. The PCC president offered condolences to Bhandari on the death of his daughter and said that the very fact that the police did not sought police remand of the prime accused Pulkit Arya proves that the efforts are going on to save the murderers of Ankita.  Mahara said that the Congress party has demanded a CBI probe in the case so that the culprits can be hanged. The LoP Arya alleged that effort is underway to tamper with the evidence in the case. The former PCC president Godiyal said that the Congress party wants that the maximum punishment is given to the murderers of Ankita. He said that the family should permit the Congress party to take the issue to the HC demanding a CBI inquiry. Bhandari told the Congress leaders that he wants the murderers of his daughter to be hanged.