Bathinda, Oct. 24 -- Over four months after Ludhiana-based social media influencer Kanchan Kumari, 30, was strangled to death in her car in Bathinda in June, a local court on Thursday framed charges against the two arrested accused.

The court of additional district and sessions judge Rajiv Kalra heard the matter for the first time and framed charges against accused Jaspreet Singh and Nimratjit Singh, both nihangs. The detailed court order has yet to be released.

The trial will begin on November 27, when the prosecution will present its evidence.

The case was first heard by the court of additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) Gurkirpal Singh Sekhon on September 6, and committed to the sessions court on September 25, as murder cases ...