PATIALA: The body of 24-year-old man who was working as a pharmacist with Gian Sagar institute in Banur division of
Patiala district was recovered from a canal on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Ramanpreet Singh of Bhawanigarh in Sangrur district.
Police said Ramanpreet was last seen in footage gathered from one of the CCTV cameras installed near the canal.
A case under Section 174 CrPC has been registered at Banur police station, they said.
Earlier, the police had booked some unidentified persons under sections of IPC including illegal confinement on the complaint of Ramanpreet's father Roop Singh.
The family told the police that Ramanpreet had gone missing on February 19 from the institute where he had gone for work. The family said the deceased did not have any animosity with anyone.
“We had requested the SSP to help us out in this matter. We have lost our only son. The staff at the institute had even shown us the CCTV camera footages but to no avail," Ramanpreet's father said.