India, April 10 -- A Bathinda court on Friday sent radical Sikh leader Amritpal Singh Mehron to five days in police remand following his arrest for the murder of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari, alias Kamal Kaur Bhabhi.

Mehron, who is no stranger to controversy, was deported from the UAE and taken into custody at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi by a team led by Bathinda DSP Sarvjeet Singh Brar.

Mehron stands accused of strangling Kanchan on June 10 last year for creating what he deemed "immoral content" that hurt Sikh sentiments. Within hours of the murder, he fled from Amritsar to the United Arab Emirates. District police authorities have since dubbed his actions "unauthorised moral policing," noting that Mehron...