The Punjab Police has apprehended Amritpal Singh Mehron, who is the key accused in the murder of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari alias Kamal Bhabhi, said a top official on Friday. Mehron was taken into custody in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and was flown back to Punjab by the state police.
In a statement on X (previously Twitter), Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said Mehron was brought back by the Overseas Fugitive Tracking and Extradition Cell (OFTEC), which comes under the Counter Intelligence Wing of the Punjab Police, and central agencies. He reiterated Punjab Police's zero-tolerance policy against "organised crime and anti-national elements, and remains steadfast in ensuring a safe and secure Punjab".
Kumari, the 30-year-old social media influencer who was famous on Instagram with the name 'Kamal Kaur Bhabhi', was killed by Mehron on June 9 last year. Her body was recovered from an abandoned car at a parking lot in Bathinda, said officials, adding that she had been strangulated to death by the accused.
Later, the police caught two accused, Jaspreet Singh of Moga and Nimratjit Singh of Tarn Taran, but Mehron - a 30-year-old Moga resident, who is a self-styled Sikh radical leader - fled to the UAE. He was detained in the UAE in January.
During the questioning, Jaspreet and Nimratjit told police that Kumari was killed for uploading “immoral and vulgar content that hurt the (Sikh) community’s sentiments”. A video had also gone viral on social media showed Mehron claiming that Jaspreet and Nimratjit killed Kumari for her “immoral and vulgar content”.
As per the police, Mehron is also accused of threatening two other Punjab-based women social media influencers. "Punjab Police, in close coordination with central agencies, traced his location to the Middle East and initiated extradition proceedings. He was subsequently detained and deported to India, where he was arrested at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, in the early hours of April 10, 2026," Yadav said.
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