Bathinda, March 13 -- After an intense search in the Kotla branch canal for more than 24 hours, a team of the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) retrieved the body of a 19-year-old college student from the canal near Maur in Bathinda on Wednesday afternoon.

A college student enrolled in Chandigarh, the victim, who belonged to Maur, went missing under suspicious circumstances from March 9. The locals extended their support to the aggrieved family and staged a dharna for the second day today alleging delayed police action.

Following a complaint by the girl's family, the police arrested five persons- the main accused, Mukul Mittal and his parents Ravi, Dimple Mittal and uncle Raj Kumar Mittal.

Mukul's friend Karan Bansal has also been ...