‘Thar wali constable’ Amandeep Kaur arrested in disproportionate assets case
Amandeep Kaur, known as 'Instagram Queen' or 'Thar wali constable' among her over 30,000 social media followers, was dismissed from Punjab Police after heroin was allegedly seized from her possession.
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Punjab’s ‘Thar wali constable’ faces corruption charges post drug arrest. (File photo)Punjab’s Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Monday announced the arrest of Amandeep Kaur, a senior police constable dismissed following heroin seizure from her possession, in a case in which she allegedly amassed assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.
A VB spokesperson said an investigation revealed that Amandeep Kaur had a total income of Rs 1,08,37,550 between 2018 and 2025 while her expenditure stood at Rs 1,39,64,802.97, which is Rs 31,27,252.97 more than her known sources of income, or 28.85 per cent beyond her legitimate earnings.
The case was registered under Prevention of Corruption Act sections 13(1) and 13(2) at the VB police station in the Bathinda range following the inquiry, which scrutinised details of her movable and immovable properties along with her salary, bank accounts and loan records. Further investigation in the case is underway.
Amandeep Kaur was earlier arrested on April 2 in Bathinda with 17.71 g of heroin found in her Mahindra Thar SUV during a routine check under Punjab’s Yudh Nasheian Virudh (War Against Drugs) campaign. She was dismissed from service the following day under Article 311 of the Constitution for her involvement in drug-related offences and for violating departmental rules by posting social media content in uniform.
Known as the “Instagram Queen” or “Thar wali constable,” Kaur had over 30,000 Instagram followers (under the handle “police_kaurdeep”), where she flaunted a lavish lifestyle, including luxury vehicles such as Mahindra Thar, Audi, Innova cars, and Royal Enfield motorcycle; high-end Rado and Rolex watches; Gucci sunglasses; and a house worth approximately Rs 2 crore.
Her social media posts, often featuring Punjabi songs with controversial lyrics, violated Punjab Police guidelines prohibiting officers from sharing reels in uniform.
Hailing from a poor Dalit family in Bathinda’s Chack Fateh Singh Wala village, Kaur joined the police in 2011. Despite her family’s modest circumstances (her father is a mason, and her brother works in a private firm), she reportedly lived in a posh Bathinda colony and led a luxurious life, which raised suspicions about her income sources.
On May 1, Amandeep Kaur was granted bail by the Special Court for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act cases in Bathinda. The court noted that the 17.71 g of heroin was within the non-commercial category and that Kaur had undergone multiple days of custodial interrogation without additional charges being added.
She was released on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 50,000 with a surety of the same amount.
Her lawyer, Vishwadeep Singh, argued that no heroin was seized directly from her and that she had been falsely implicated. Despite interrogations by the police, the Narcotics Control Bureau, and the Intelligence Bureau, no further disclosures were made public.
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