Bathinda, July 21 -- A 19-year-old youth from Maur town in Bathinda, Mukul Mittal, has been charged with the murder of a college student whose body was recovered from the Kotla branch canal on March 12.

Headed by superintendent of police (city) Narinder Singh, the SIT relied on circumstantial evidences and statements to indict Mukul for the crime and charged six others under Sections 238 (disappearance of evidence), 249 (harbouring an offender) and 239 (intentional omission of giving information respecting the offence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Mukul, his parents Ravi Kumar and Dimple Rani and uncle Raj Kumar were arrested on March 11. Mukul's friends Karan and Raghav were arrested on March 11 and 12, respectively, but were ...