Ludhiana student goes missing, bike found near Sidhwan canal

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 17

Baljit Singh (17), a Class XI student of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Senior Secondary School, here, went missing under mysterious circumstances yesterday from the school.

The boy is a resident of Shimlapuri.

When his family started searching for him, his motorcycle and a mobile phone was recovered from near the Sidhwan canal on the Ferozepur road late last night.

The PAU police suspecting that the boy could have been kept under illegal confinement have registered a case under Section 346, IPC, against unknown persons and launched a search to trace the boy.

Manmeet Singh, kin of the boy, said yesterday Baljit went to the school but did not return home. Later, when they called up the principal, they told that Baljit had left for home at 5 pm.

He said yesterday night they found the motorcycle and mobile phone of the boy near the canal.

PAU SHO Jaskanwal Sekhon said police teams were also searching the boy and CCTV cameras of nearby areas were also being scanned to get any clue about him.