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Deccan Herald
2 hours ago
- Deccan Herald
Punjab influencer murder: Key accused fled to UAE hours after murder, says police
Chandigarh: Amritpal Singh Mehron, the alleged key accused in the murder case of Punjab-based social media influencer Kanchan Kumari alias 'Kamal Kaur Bhabhi', fled to the UAE hours after the incident, police said on Senior Superintendent of Police Amneet Kondal said police had already issued a lookout circular against Mehron, a resident of (30) is a self-styled Sikh radical leader. He is also accused of issuing threats to at least two other Punjab-based woman social media police said they have also blocked some of his social media handles.."Different police teams were already looking for Amritpal by conducting raids. On Saturday, we issued a lookout circular. When we got his passport details and checked his travel records and found that he had fled to the UAE after taking a flight from Amritsar in the evening, just hours after the murder was committed in Bathinda," Kondal told reporters in influencer's body found in abandoned car in Bathinda."We will tie-up with other authorities/agencies and we will follow due procedure for his deportation. We have informed the authorities that Mehron is wanted in murder case," she June 13, two accused -- Jaspreet Singh (32) of Moga and Nimratjit Singh (21) from Tarn Taran -- had been arrested in connection with the murder of Kanchan Kumari, who was found dead in an abandoned car in a parking lot in Kumari was murdered on June investigations and questioning of the two arrested accused has revealed that two more accused are involved in the murder Kondal said these two are Mehron's associates and one of them has been identified as Ranjit Singh. Both have been nominated in the already registered FIR, she said, adding that efforts are on to nab 30-year-old influencer, known on Instagram as 'Kamal Kaur Bhabhi' with 384,000 followers, also operated a YouTube channel called 'Funny Bhabhi TV', which had 2,36,000 a resident of Lachman colony in Ludhiana, was strangled to death, the SSP after their arrest, the two arrested men had said they killed Kanchan for uploading "immoral and vulgar content that hurt the community's sentiments"..After the alleged murder, a video had surfaced on the internet where Mehron claimed that Kanchan was killed due to her "immoral and vulgar content" on social media and two of his accomplices have been arrested in connection with the his video, Mehron also warned other influencers creating "objectionable content" to refrain from such activities. Targeting another Punjab-based influencer, he said it is "not necessary that a body will be found every time", as he indirectly referred to Kanchan's body being left in her that it was a premeditated crime, SSP Kondal said during investigations and questioning of the two arrested accused, it came to light that Mehron had planned the murder three months along with Jaspreet and Nimratjit had even travelled to Ludhiana, staying in nearby hotels at times, and tracking the movements, lifestyle and car used by SSP again detailed how Mehron had allegedly approached Kanchan the previous week on the pretext of a car promotion event in June 9, she left Ludhiana house, informing her mother that she was going to a promotional event. However, her family lost contact with her Jaspreet and Nimratjit reached Ludhiana from Moga the same day and they contacted Kanchan and called her to a place in Ludhiana, the SSP said on she arrived at the location Mehron sat in her car's backseat, while the other two travelled in their car. They had promised Kanchan to repair her car in a garage in Bathinda. On reaching Bathinda, Mehron, in a pre-planned conspiracy, shifted to his SUV and Nimratjit along with Kanchan went to the garage, the officer parked his SUV near a petrol pump and later started driving Kanchan's vehicle and all of them sat inside. At one point, they snatched her two mobile phones and Nimratjit and Jaspreet, both sitting at back seats, strangulated her to Mehron left in Ranjit's car with another unknown accused while Jaspreet and Nimratjit took Kanchan's car along with her body to Adesh university and abandoned it there, they they realised that the piece of cloth used to strangulate Kanchan had been left behind, they went there again to recover body was discovered when locals informed the police about a foul smell emanating from a car in the parking area near Adesh body was brought to the civil hospital mortuary and her mother confirmed the identity the next day..A murder case was registered following a complaint registered by her mother, Girja Devi, the SSP said.
Hindustan Times
5 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Punjab influencer murder: Key accused fled to UAE hours after murder, says police
Chandigarh, Amritpal Singh Mehron, the alleged key accused in the murder case of Punjab-based social media influencer Kanchan Kumari alias 'Kamal Kaur Bhabhi', fled to the UAE hours after the incident, police said on Sunday. Bhatinda Senior Superintendent of Police Amneet Kondal said police had already issued a lookout circular against Mehron, a resident of Moga. Mehron is a self-styled Sikh radical leader. He is also accused of issuing threats to at least two other Punjab-based woman social media influencers. The police said they have also blocked some of his social media handles. "Different police teams were already looking for Amritpal by conducting raids. On Saturday, we issued a lookout circular. When we got his passport details and checked his travel records and found that he had fled to the UAE after taking a flight from Amritsar in the evening, just hours after the murder was committed in Bathinda," Kondal told reporters in Bathinda. "We will tie-up with other authorities/agencies and we will follow due procedure for his deportation. We have informed the authorities that Mehron is wanted in murder case," she said. On June 13, two accused Jaspreet Singh of Moga and Nimratjit Singh from Tarn Taran had been arrested in connection with the murder of Kanchan Kumari, who was found dead in an abandoned car in a parking lot in Bathinda. Kanchan Kumari was murdered on June 9. Further investigations and questioning of the two arrested accused has revealed that two more accused are involved in the murder conspiracy. SSP Kondal said these two are Mehron's associates and one of them has been identified as Ranjit Singh. Both have been nominated in the already registered FIR, she said, adding that efforts are on to nab them. The 30-year-old influencer, known on Instagram as 'Kamal Kaur Bhabhi' with 384,000 followers, also operated a YouTube channel called 'Funny Bhabhi TV', which had 2,36,000 subscribers. Kanchan, a resident of Lachman colony in Ludhiana, was strangled to death, the SSP said. Immediately after their arrest, the two arrested men had said they killed Kanchan for uploading "immoral and vulgar content that hurt the community's sentiments". After the alleged murder, a video had surfaced on the internet where Mehron claimed that Kanchan was killed due to her "immoral and vulgar content" on social media and two of his accomplices have been arrested in connection with the case. In his video, Mehron also warned other influencers creating "objectionable content" to refrain from such activities. Targeting another Punjab-based influencer, he said it is "not necessary that a body will be found every time", as he indirectly referred to Kanchan's body being left in her car. Highlighting that it was a premeditated crime, SSP Kondal said during investigations and questioning of the two arrested accused, it came to light that Mehron had planned the murder three months ago. Mehron along with Jaspreet and Nimratjit had even travelled to Ludhiana, staying in nearby hotels at times, and tracking the movements, lifestyle and car used by Kanchan. The SSP again detailed how Mehron had allegedly approached Kanchan the previous week on the pretext of a car promotion event in Bathinda. On June 9, she left Ludhiana house, informing her mother that she was going to a promotional event. However, her family lost contact with her afterwards. Mehron, Jaspreet and Nimratjit reached Ludhiana from Moga the same day and they contacted Kanchan and called her to a place in Ludhiana, the SSP said on Sunday. After she arrived at the location Mehron sat in her car's backseat, while the other two travelled in their car. They had promised Kanchan to repair her car in a garage in Bathinda. On reaching Bathinda, Mehron, in a pre-planned conspiracy, shifted to his SUV and Nimratjit along with Kanchan went to the garage, the officer said. Mehron parked his SUV near a petrol pump and later started driving Kanchan's vehicle and all of them sat inside. At one point, they snatched her two mobile phones and Nimratjit and Jaspreet, both sitting at back seats, strangulated her to death. Later, Mehron left in Ranjit's car with another unknown accused while Jaspreet and Nimratjit took Kanchan's car along with her body to Adesh university and abandoned it there, they said. When they realised that the piece of cloth used to strangulate Kanchan had been left behind, they went there again to recover it. Her body was discovered when locals informed the police about a foul smell emanating from a car in the parking area near Adesh University. The body was brought to the civil hospital mortuary and her mother confirmed the identity the next day. A murder case was registered following a complaint registered by her mother, Girja Devi, the SSP said.
Hans India
5 hours ago
- Hans India
Influencer Kamal Kaur Bhabhi's murder: Police custody of two accused extended by 3 days
A city court has extended the police custody of two accused by three more days, in the murder case of Kanchan Kumari, popularly known as Kamal Kaur Bhabhi. Earlier, the Bathinda Police had secured two-day custody of the two accused -- Jaspreet Singh and Nimratjit Singh. Both men, belonging to Nihangs sect, an order in Sikhism identified with distinct blue robes and turbans -- were produced in the city court today, after expiry of two-day police remand. With the accused being resent into three-day police custody, the cops will interrogate the duo and seek to extract information about their third associate and the main conspirator -- Amritpal Singh Mehron, who still remains at large. Mehron, believed to be the main suspect accused in Kamal Kaur Bhabhi murder case has been absconding after committing the grave offence and is currently said to be hiding in Dubai. The murder case of social media influencer gained widespread attention after the body of Kanchan Kumari alias Kamal Kaur Bhabhi was found inside a car in the parking lot, three days ago. The two accused -- Jaspreet Singh and Nimratjit Singh were arrested after the body of influencer was recovered from the car. Kamal Kaur Bhabhi was targeted by three Nihangs, for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Sikh community. According to police, the key mastermind Amritpal Singh Mehron plotted a plan to entrap and isolate the social media influencer and then killed her by strangulating inside the car, along with two of his associates - who were subsequently apprehended by the Bathinda police. Mehron has also released a video on social media, claiming responsibility for the act. In the now-viral video, Mehron alleges that the influencer brought bad name to Sikh tradition with her 'obscene and vulgar' content and hence was punished. In the video, he is also heard warning other content creators and vloggers on social media to desist from defiling their religious gurus else they all will meet the same fate as Kamal Kaur Bhabhi. 'Our Gurus have given us the surnames of 'Singh' and 'Kaur' and we cannot allow women from other states to suffix the title of Kaur. Khalsa never attacks women, but when a woman targets our Takhts and mocks Sikh values, we won't spare them," he is heard saying in the video.
Indian Express
9 hours ago
- Indian Express
Amritpal Singh Mehron, key accused in influencer Kanchan Kumari's murder, fled to UAE hours after crime: Police
Amritpal Singh Mehron, a self-styled radical Sikh leader who is allegedly the key conspirator in the murder of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari, popularly known as Kamal Kaur 'Bhabhi', fled the country within hours of the crime, Punjab Police said. Amneet Kondal, Senior Superintendent of Police, Bathinda, said on Sunday that Mehron boarded a UAE-bound flight from Amritsar airport at 9.15 am on June 10. 'His travel history through passport records revealed this detail. We will now initiate the process of getting him deported from the UAE,' she said, adding that he was the main accused in the murder. The police discovered that Mehron had been plotting Kanchan Kumari's murder for nearly three months. Along with two arrested accused—Jaspreet Singh, 32, and Nimratjit Singh, 21, he had visited Ludhiana multiple times and stayed in hotels close to her residence to monitor her lifestyle, movements and routine. According to the police, Mehron had visited her home two to three times during this period. On June 7, when he visited, Kanchan Kumari wasn't home, and on June 8, she refused to accompany him to Bathinda for a car promotion event saying that her mother was unwell. However, on June 9, she agreed to go, as Jaspreet and Nimratjit assured her that her car would also be renovated. 'On the afternoon of June 9, Amritpal travelled with Kanchan in her Hyundai Eon car while Jaspreet and Nimratjit followed from Moga in a Scorpio. After midnight, once the car's renovation work was completed in Bathinda, Amritpal drove while Kanchan sat in the back seat beside Nimrajit. The two men allegedly slapped her, snatched her phones, and forced her to share passwords. Then, Jaspreet and Nimratjit made her sit in the middle of the back seat while they sat on either side and used a 'kamar kass'—a cloth belt worn by Nihang Singhs—to strangle her. They pulled it from both sides for 10 to 15 minutes until she died,' said Kondal. Following the murder, Mehron left the crime scene in a separate car arranged in advance by his other associates, Tarn Taran resident Ranjit Singh and an unidentified person, both of whom have now been named in the FIR. Jaspreet and Nimratjit drove the victim's car to a petrol pump where their Scorpio was parked. Nimratjit took the Scorpio while Jaspreet drove Kanchan Kumari's car and parked it at Adesh Medical University around 2 am on June 10. However, he soon realised that the kamar kass was still around her neck. He brought the car back, removed the belt, and parked it again around 5.30 am, SSP Kondal added. Kanchan Kumari's body was discovered by the police on the evening of June 11 after a foul smell began emanating from the vehicle. By that time, Mehron had already fled to the UAE. Jaspreet and Nimratjit were arrested on June 13. A lookout circular was issued on June 14, only to reveal that the main accused had already left the country. The police's cyber cell has blocked four Instagram accounts linked to Mehron–@amritpalsinghmehron, amritpalsingh_mehron, @ and @ now display the message: 'These accounts are not available in India due to a legal request to restrict content.' Following the arrests in the case, Mehron released a video taking full responsibility for the murder and claimed it was meant as a warning to those uploading vulgar content. His sister and father have also been called for questioning. As the case widens, several influencers from Punjab and Haryana have reported receiving threats to behave or face the same fate as Kanchan Kumari's via the video posted by Mehron on June 13. Influencer Deepika Luthra, based in Amritsar, received a disturbing message referring to the Bathinda murder scene, 'Parking lots are not only in Bathinda.' She has approached the police for protection. Influencer Simarpreet Kaur alias Preet Jatti and an astrology-based content creator have also appealed for security citing online threats. What is further disturbing is the online support being extended from across the border. Pakistan-based gangster Shahzad Bhatti posted a video praising Mehron as a 'brave lion' and warning other content creators of similar consequences if they continued sharing material they deemed indecent. Mehron's supporters have questioned why many 'vulgar' social media pages remain accessible while his Instagram handles have been blocked. Authorities are now awaiting forensic and postmortem reports, including the confirmation of any possible sexual assault. Security has been tightened for at-risk influencers across Punjab and Haryana. The case has reignited debate over digital safety, the unchecked spread of content of any type online, and the need for timely and comprehensive cyber surveillance. Kanchan Kumari was a well-known social media personality, with over 7.7 lakh followers on Instagram and 3.8 lakh subscribers on YouTube. Known for her bold style and use of double-meaning videos, she had a massive online following.
New Indian Express
11 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Amritpal Singh Mehron wanted for murder, threats to women influencers; Punjab Police issues lookout notice
CHANDIGARH: Self-styled Sikh radical Amritpal Singh Mehron, the prime accused in the murder of digital content creator Kanchan Kumari alias Kamal Kaur Bhabhi allegedly for posting 'obscene' content has also issued threats to other social media influencers, including Simarpreet Kaur alias 'Preet Jatti' and Deepika Luthra. Punjab Police have now issued a lookout circular against Mehron, who has now fled to the UAE. The police have also blocked four of his Instagram handles in India, along with the account of the group he heads, 'Kaum De Rakhe', for allegedly posting racist content and death threats. A 30-year-old Nihang and resident of Moga, Mehron has a significant social media following. His blocked accounts amritpalsinghmehron, amritpalsingh_mehron, and are now inaccessible in India, displaying a message citing legal restrictions. Sources state several other accounts are under scrutiny for supporting Mehron's objectionable content. Disturbingly, some influencers from Punjab and Haryana have posted videos justifying Kanchan's murder as a "warning" to so-called "immoral elements."
