The Ahmedabad Crime Branch, on Thursday, arrested Parminder Kaka, alias Parminder Prasad, in the case related to the October 3 murder of social media influencer Mad Sandhu in Amritsar. As per the police, Parminder has been identified as the shooter.
Officials are also probing the link between Sandhu’s killing and gangster Goldy Dhillon’s international network. A day after Mad Sandhu’s death, a social media post allegedly attributed to Dhillon and associate Jagga Tarn Taran surfaced, claiming responsibility for the murder. Sandhu, whose real name was Madhusudan Sandhu, was a makeup artist, stylist and content creator from Amritsar, and the son of a retired Punjab Police officer. Police recovered two empty shells and examined CCTV and his phone records.
A case has been registered under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the murder provision, at the Amritsar Cantonment police station. He had about 2.4 lakh followers on Instagram and spoke publicly about makeup, the Punjabi film industry and gender. He had acted in the 2024 Punjabi film Oye Bhole Oye.
He was reportedly due to enter Bigg Boss as a wildcard later this month and had earlier sought police protection.
Officials have said he was under surveillance before the attack. He died on the way to the hospital and was cremated on Sunday.
