Influencer’s killing: Another woman says group threatened her over astrology posts, seeks security for family

BATHINDA: Radical group ‘Kaum De Rakhe’ chief Amritpal Singh Mehron, who is accused of plotting the murder of Instagram celebrity Kanchan Tiwari aka Kamal Kaur Bhabi as he found her content “obscene”, had threatened another social media influencer for promoting astrology, it came out on Saturday.The revelation came on a day the Instagram accounts of Mehron and Kaum De Rakhe were withheld in India. The accounts appeared blank with a notice stating: “This is because we complied with a legal request from Punjab law enforcement to restrict this content.” A look out circular has also been issued against Mehron in the murder case.On Saturday, social media influencer Simarpreet Kaur aka ‘Preet Jatti’ came forward, stating that she was receiving death threats for promoting astrology on social media. She claimed that she was being asked to not even post simple videos on social media. Simarpreet, who has 5.01 lakh followers on Instagram, stated that she had a five-month-old baby. A resident of Tarn Taran, Simarpreet demanded security for the safety of her family.

A day earlier, on Friday, social media influencer Deepika Luthra, who was named by Mehron in the clip, had told media that she had apologised to Mehron a number of times and deleted all the double-meaning posts from her account on Friday and apprehended a threat to her life.

Earlier, in a post on his group’s Instagram handle, Mehron had claimed that members of his group killed Tiwari as they felt the content she posted on Instagram was obscene. They had also warned people posting “obscene content” to remove it and apologise or face the consquences. Bathinda SSP Amneet Kondal said Bathinda police had gotten the handles of Mehron and his group withheld by reporting the matter to Punjab Police’s cybercrime headquarters.

“The cybercrime wing is investigating such pages,” Kondal said.Three members of Pendu Jatt Records, a social media influencer group, have also apologised to Mehron. They uploaded a video clip on Friday with folded hands and stated that they were misled to gain followers. From now on, they said, they will not post any obscene content.Mehron’s murderous act has recieved support from a Pakistanbased don, Shahzad Bhatti.

He said he was ready to provide any kind of support in taking on social media influencers posting content which Mehron found “indecent”.Tiwari was killed by strangulation on June 10 for posting indecent content on social media. Her body was recovered from a car parked in the parking lot of Adesh University near Bathinda. Two accomplices of Amritpal, Jaspreet Singh and Nimritjit Singh, have been arrested, while Mehron is on the run.