Dheeraj Bisht

Dheeraj Bisht is a student leader at MBPG College in Haldwani, Nainital district, Uttarakhand. He contested the president’s post in the college’s student union election in 2026 as a candidate of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), according to PTI and ANI.

On 13 November 2026, Nainital Senior Superintendent of Police Manjunath TC said police had arrested four men, including Bisht, in connection with an alleged gang rape of a minor girl at a hotel in the Mukhani area of Haldwani. The girl’s family filed the complaint at the Mukhani police station late on Thursday night, and PTI reported that the suspects were apprehended within six hours of it being filed. Police said the preliminary investigation, which included an inspection of the hotel and a check of CCTV footage, corroborated the occurrence of the incident.

Bisht is an accused person. He has not been convicted of any offence, and a court will decide the charges. The reports reviewed by Nation in Shorts carried no response from him or from the ABVP.

Sources: PTI via Vartha Bharati, ANI via Devdiscourse, ETV Bharat