Bathinda, Aug. 3 -- A Faridkot court has framed charges of murder, destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy against Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) president and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Amarjit Mehta and five others in a 2016 murder case.

The other accused include four Punjab Police personnel - sub-inspector Lachman Singh and constables Parminder Singh, Dharminder Singh and Kabal Singh - and liquor contractor Dharampal Singh Goel. All six are on bail.

The charges were framed under Sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 506 (criminal intimidation), 148 (rioting armed with a deadly weapon) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The trial will begin on Aug...