Missing Karnal teen found dead, 2 friends arrested

Parveen Arora

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Tribune News Service

Karnal, September 10

The body of Kamal Midha, a Class XII student and a resident of Nilokheri, who had been missing since Thursday evening, was found near the Bhakra canal on the Kachwa road this afternoon. It bore several injury marks. Two of the victim’s friends, who reportedly confessed to the crime, have been arrested.

Amit Midha said his nephew left for Karnal in a car on Thursday. When he did not return in the evening, they called him, but his cellphone was switched off. At 8.45 pm, they called again. This time, a man received the call and demanded Rs 20 lakh or else the boy would be killed.

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A hunt was launched and the victim’s car was found near the Nilokheri police post at night. The police claimed Kamal’s friends called him to their hardware store, spiked his soft drink, took him to the Bhakra canal and killed him with sharp-edged weapons before dumping the body in the nearby bushes. The motive was not known.