CHANDIGARH, June 21 -- Incidents of vigilante violence targeting social media influencers in Punjab have sparked widespread fear, exposing a dangerous trend of radical groups intimidating and killing content creators under the guise of moral policing.

The brutal murder of Instagram star Kanchan Kumari, widely known as Kamal Kaur Bhabhi, has sent shockwaves through the digital community, shifting focus to the need for stringent laws to curb this escalating crisis. Kanchan, a 28-year-old influencer with over 383,000 followers on the day of her death, which has now reached 445,000, was found strangled in a car near Bathinda's Adesh Medical University on 10 June. Authorities allege that Amritpal Singh Mehron, a radical preacher with ties to ...