"Nothing wrong happened," says Akal Takht Sahib's Head Granthi on influencer Kanchan Kumari's murder case
Akal Takht Sahib's Head Granthi, Giani Malkit Singh, on Tuesday said 'nothing wrong has happened' in response to the murder of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari and suggested such incidents are justified for those who defame the Sikh religion.
ANI
Jun 17, 2025 15:00 IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], June 17 (ANI): Akal Takht Sahib's Head Granthi, Giani Malkit Singh, on Tuesday justified the recent murder of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari alias Kamal Kaur stating that "nothing wrong" in what happened and that such incidents were justified for people like her who allegedly defamed the Sikh religion
Addressing reporters here, Giani Malkit Singh said, "...Such a treatment should be meted out to people who defame the Sikh religion; Nothing wrong has happened..."
Kumari's body was discovered in a car near Bathinda's Adesh Hospital, days after she was reported missing.
According to Bathinda Superintendent of Police (SP) Narinder Singh, the social media influencer has been identified as Kanchan Kumari, alias Kamal Kaur. He said the police were informed of a "foul smell" emanating from a parked car in Adesh Hospital on June 12. Kumari's body was found in the back of the seat of her car.
"Yesterday evening, we received a call that a car was parked in Adesh Hospital, and a foul smell was coming from it. A police team reached there - we found the body of a girl in the back seat of that car. In the preliminary investigation, the girl was identified as Kanchan Kumari, alias Kamal Kaur of Ludhiana," Superintendent of Police Singh told ANI.
The police official further informed that the girl had left her home on June 9 to attend a promotional event. The police were investigating the matter, prioritising ascertaining the cause of her death and catching those responsible, the SP added. Singh asserted that Kumari's body was dumped in the car after her demise.
"She left her home on June 9 by telling her mother that she would attend a promotional event. The investigation is on. Our priority is to know how her body reached there and who is responsible for her death, and soon, action will be taken against those responsible. It is not the death spot; her body was dumped in the car after death. The car that the girl left her home in belongs to her," Bathinda SP said.. (ANI)
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