Chandigarh, April 9 Amritpal Singh Mehron, the main accused in the murder case of Kanchan Kumari, a social media influencer based in Punjab, also known as "Kamal Kaur Bhabhi," is being brought back from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the state police, according to sources.
Mehron's custody was handed over to a team from the Punjab Police by authorities in the UAE after he was deported, sources said.
Mehron had fled to the UAE after the killing of Kumari in June 2025. Police in Bathinda had issued a lookout circular for him.
Mehron was detained in the UAE in January.
The 30-year-old influencer, known on Instagram as "Kamal Kaur Bhabhi," was found dead on June 9, 2025, in an abandoned car at a parking lot in Bathinda. She had been strangled to death.
Jaspreet Singh of Moga and Nimratjit Singh of Tarn Taran were arrested in connection with the killing.
The two arrested men had said they killed Kumari because she had posted "immoral and vulgar content that hurt the sentiments of the (Sikh) community."
Following the killing, a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing Mehron stating that Kumari was killed by two of his accomplices due to her "immoral and vulgar content" on social media. He had also warned others creating "objectionable content" to refrain from such activities.
Mehron (30), a resident of Moga, is a self-proclaimed Sikh radical leader. He was also accused of issuing threats to at least two other state-based women social media influencers, according to police.