Dehradun, June 15 -- Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suresh Rathore was arrested on Sunday in connection with a case registered against him for his alleged statements in an audio clip linking a senior BJP leader to the 2022 Pauri Garhwal receptionist murder case. Dehradun senior superitendent of police Pramendra Dobhal said: "We have arrested Rathore," he said. The 19-year-old deceased, a resident of Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district, worked as a receptionist at Vanantra Resort in Yamkeshwar near Rishikesh. Her body was found in the Chilla canal in September 2022. In May 2025, a Kotdwar court in Pauri Garhwal sentenced resort owner Pulkit Arya, son of expelled BJP leader Vinod Arya, along with employees Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit ...