Lucknow, June 7 -- Eleven days after a 19-year-old BSc first-year student from Sitapur went missing while on her way to college in her home district, police on Saturday recovered her skeletal remains from a forested area on the outskirts of Lucknow and arrested her supposed boyfriend for allegedly murdering her.

The victim, a resident of Sandana town in Sitapur district, had left home on May 25 for her college in Kuchlai village but never returned. Following her disappearance, her family launched a frantic search before approaching the police. She was killed on May 25, the day of her abduction. She was stabbed with a knife, which was found on the spot.

According to police, the probe led them to Vishal Pal, 21, a resident of Saraiya vill...