Overview
- Shamsher Singh and Preetpal Kaur were detained in Amritsar on January 26 and produced in a Muktsar court, which extended police remand to January 30.
- The case stems from a December 2024 FIR alleging WhatsApp death threats and a ₹50 lakh demand from an international number that identified with the Bambiha group.
- Investigators assert the couple lacked lawful income and sustained a lifestyle funded by extortion proceeds, prompting scrutiny of bank, property and mobility records.
- Shamsher Singh is a former assistant sub‑inspector compulsorily retired in 2021 and previously arrested in an extortion matter, according to police records.
- On January 28, Mohali police booked Goldy Brar after a man linked to the 2020 killing of Brar’s cousin was shot dead near the SSP office, heightening concerns over retaliatory violence.