Akal Takht’s Head Granthi Justifies Influencer Kamal Kaur’s Killing: ‘Such Treatment Should Be Meted Out To…’

Kanchan Kumari , also known as 'Kamal Kaur Bhabhi' or 'Queen' was found dead inside a parked car in Bathinda, Punjab on June 11. Two men have been arrested in connection with her murder.

Social media influencer Kanchan Kumari was killed in Bathinda, Punjab for allegedly uploading obscene content.

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The Akal Takht Sahib head priest on Tuesday justified the killing of social media influencer and YouTuber Kanchan Kumari, saying "nothing wrong has happened" and that people who defame religions by indulging in vulgarity should face consequences. 

Kanchan Kumari, also known as 'Kamal Kaur Bhabhi' or 'Queen' was found dead inside a parked car in Bathinda, Punjab on June 11. She is believed to have been targeted for promoting obscenity in her videos. It was later revealed that Kumari was murdered on June 9 and her body found in an abandoned car at a medical college in Bathinda.

"The Guru has always given a message to stay away from vulgarity and such songs, regardless of their religion - Hindu, Sikh or Muslim. But there are some people who indulge in this. Nothing wrong has happened (because) those who change their names and try to defame the Sikh community must be stopped," Giani Malkeet Singh, the head granthi of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhism, told reporters.

He also urged that nobody should listen to obscene songs, highlighting how similar cases have occurred in the past.

Responding to a question about the murder, he said, "But such people, who are from other religions, change their name, create a false identity to defame the Sikh community, indulge in such acts... this kind of treatment should be meted out to them. Nothing wrong has happened. This has happened earlier as well."

#WATCH | Amritsar | On the murder of social media influencer, Kanchan Kumari, Akal Takht Sahib's Head Granthi, Giani Malkit Singh says, "...Such a thing should happen with people who defame the Sikh religion; Nothing wrong has happened..." pic.twitter.com/eO6DiIwIZv

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According to news agency PTI, police have arrested two men, Jaspreet Singh (32) from Moga and Nimratjit Singh (21) from Tarn Taran, in connection with Kumari's murder. The accused told police they murdered her for uploading "immoral and vulgar content that hurt the community's sentiments".

A lookout circular for Amritpal Singh Mehron, a self-styled Sikh radical leader and the key accused, has also issued by the Bathinda police. Mehron, a 30-year-old Moga resident, fled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hours after the murder, police officials told PTI.

Mehron is also accused of threatening at least two other Punjab-based women social media influencers. A video surfaced on social media after the influencer's murder, and purportedly shows Mehron confessing that two of his accomplices killed Kanchan Kumari.

Kumari had 384,000 followers on Instagram and also operated a YouTube channel called 'Funny Bhabhi TV,' which has 236,000 subscribers.