Bathinda, Feb. 10 -- A local court in Bathinda declared Sikh radical leader Amritpal Singh Mehron a proclaimed offender (PO) after he failed to appear in the case of the murder of digital content creator Kanchan Kumari despite repeated summons.

Mehron, who is the prime accused in the murder case, fled the country after committing the crime in June last year and is currently believed to be hiding in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Hearing the matter on February 7, the local court pronounced the fugitive Nihang as PO. His three accomplices, Jaspreet, Nimratjit and Ranjit Singh have been arrested.

The same court on December 1 last year had initiated a process to declare Mehron, who leads a radical outfit 'Qaum De Rakhe' and co-accused in ...