The body of an Instagram influencer, Kamal Kaur, was found inside a locked car near Adesh Medical University in Bathinda on Wednesday night, and Punjab Police have taken up a murder case. Kanchan Kumari, better known as Kamal Kaur on social media, had more than 3.83 lakh followers on Instagram. Her username was popularly known as Kamal Kaur Bhabhi, and she was known to post reels frequently, which would often be controversial as they were quite explicit at times.
The influencer, who was 25 years old, was a native of Ludhiana and had courted a number of controversies on the internet. It is reported that she had received several threats relating to the nature of the posts she made on social media. Kamal Kaur lived with her mother, two brothers and two sisters. She was seen by her family the day before she was to leave for Bathinda, and since then, she has disappeared.
Her body was in a car registered at Ludhiana, which was parked outside the medical university for several hours. This was upon discovery by the locals who had alerted the police to a bad smell coming out of the vehicle. Amneet Kondal, Senior Superintendent of Police (Bathinda), confirmed that the case is being investigated as a murder case. She said, prima facie, there is something fishy and an FIR is being registered under a section of the IPC. A forensic team has been summoned to help in the investigation that is going on.
Punjab Police said that Kamal Kaur had left her house in Ludhiana in the morning hours of June 10, and her mobile phone was switched on till late in the night. Investigators opine that she may have been murdered elsewhere and then her body put in the car. Although the motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained, police have not discounted the threats as the possible cause.
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