BATHINDA, Dec. 6 -- A Bathinda district court has initiated a process in the local court to declare Sikh hardliner, Amritpal Singh Mehron, who is believed to be hiding in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and his associate Ranjit Singh proclaimed offenders (POs) for evading arrest in the murder of digital content creator Kanchan Kumari.

According to the information, the police authorities apprised the court that the accused continues to abscond in the crime.

Hearing the matter on December 1, the additional chief judicial magistrate Gurkiral Singh Sekhon observed that the non-bailable warrants served against the accused returned unexecuted.

"Court is satisfied that the accused are absconding intentionally to evade arrest and cannot be sum...