Faridkot MP honours main accused's father
BATHINDA, June 19 -- Religious vigilante Amritpal Singh Mehron, who is stated to be hiding in the UAE after allegedly killing a Ludhiana-based woman social media influencer as part of his moral policing, is getting support from several people, including Faridkot parliamentarian Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa and digital creators.
Independent MP Khalsa visited Mehron village in Moga on Tuesday and honoured the murder accused's father Baljinder Singh.
Speaking to reporters, Khalsa expressed his "gratitude" to Mehron for his "act".
"Jo ve eh hoya hai asi usdi shalaha karde haan (whatever it happened deserves commendation). Immoral content on social media platforms has a nuisance value for all age groups using mobile phones," said Khalsa, son of former PM Indira Gandhi's assassin Beant Singh and leader of Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De).
Akal Takht Sahib's head granthi Giani Malkit Singh on Monday justified Kanchan's murder, stating that the act was "appropriate" in light of her alleged role in promoting obscenity.
A young farmer activist from Haryana's Ambala, Navdeep Singh Jalbera, who shot to fame during the farmer agitation against three central farm laws, announced on his Facebook page his support for Mehron. He posted a video terming Mehron as "quoam da heera" and "we have a great respect for him for his action." Another digital content creator, Bhana Sidhu, who has 1.42 lakh followers on Facebook, posted his photo with Mehron with a caption "Amritpal de naal khade haan".
Another social media enthusiast, Bhinda Harry Sangha lamented those criticising Kanchan's murder.
Punjab Women Commission chairperson Raj Rani Gill on Wednesday demanded strong regulation to monitor indecent content being served on social media by a few influencers.
Talking to mediapersons, Gill said she would write to the PM, Punjab CM, governor and DGP to come out with strong laws to stop spreading vulgarity on social media by influencers. She said controversial influencer Kamal Kaur's content being served on social media was totally vulgar but her killing was totally wrong. "It was a cold-blooded murder. I am totally against the immoral acts but nobody has the right to kill anybody in the name of vigilantism," said the chairperson....
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