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New Delhi, June 16
The Punjab police probing the murder case of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari have issued lookout notice against Amritpal Singh Mehron, the alleged key accused who has reportedly fled to UAE.
Bhatinda Senior Superintendent of Police Amneet Kondal told media that police had already issued a lookout circular against Mehron, a resident of Moga.
Mehron (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 influencers.
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 Kumari, who was found dead in an abandoned car in a parking lot in Bathinda on June 9. On June 13, two accused - Jaspreet Singh (32) of Moga and Nimratjit Singh (21), both Nihangs from Tarn Taran -- had been arrested in connection with the murder.
The duo claimed that they killed Kanchan for uploading "immoral and vulgar content that hurt the community's sentiments". The accused reportedly claimed involvement of more persons in the murder.
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.
The investigation showed 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. 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.
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.
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, police added.
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. When they realised that the piece of cloth used to strangulate Kanchan had been left behind, they went there again to recover it, police further stated.
Her body was discovered when locals informed the police about a foul smell emanating from a car in the parking area near Adesh University.
