Two 'nihangs' Held for Influencer's Murder

Had Approached Victim on the Pretext of a Business Meet Last Week

- HT Correspondent

BATHINDA: Two nihangs were arrested on Friday for the murder of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari, 30, popularly known as Kamal Kaur Bhabhi, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her car parked outside Adesh University at Bhucho Kalan along the Bathinda-Chandigarh highway on Wednesday.

Bathinda senior superintendent of police Amneet Kondal said Jaspreet Singh and Nimratjit Singh were arrested for the murder, while a search was on for the third accused, Amritpal Singh Mehron, a self-styled Sikh radical leader, who is absconding.

"Kanchan was strangulated to death," the SSP said, terming the crime an outcome of "unauthorised moral policing." During preliminary probe, the arrested accused said they killed Kanchan for uploading immoral content "that hurt the community's sentiments".

Mehron had approached Kanchan last week on the pretext of a business meeting, inviting her to Bathinda to attend a paid promotion event, the SSP said.