Delhi Police arrest influencer over Kapur posts

Delhi Police arrested social media influencer Dr Neelam Singh on Wednesday after a complaint alleged she posted objectionable messages about the family of late businessman Sunjay Kapur, according to police accounts carried by multiple Indian news outlets. Singh is known online as “The Skin Doctor.” Police said the complaint was filed at Vasant Kunj police station on behalf of the Kapur family and that the case relates to posts made after Sunjay Kapur’s death. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Further investigation is underway, police said. (ndtv.com) The arrest lands in the middle of a wider and already public dispute around Kapur’s death and his family’s estate. Indian media reports this week said members of the Kapur family are fighting in court over trusts, control and inheritance tied to an estate reported at about 30,000 crore rupees. (ndtv.com) In separate reporting last year, a UK coroner said Sunjay Kapur died of natural causes and police treated the death as non-suspicious. ### Who was arrested, and what do police say she posted? Dr Neelam Singh was identified by police sources as the person arrested in Delhi on May 13. Reports by PTI, NDTV, The Indian Express and Times of India said police accused her of posting objectionable or defamatory material aimed at the Kapur family after Sunjay Kapur’s death. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) None of the reports reviewed publicly reproduced the full posts at issue. Vasant Kunj police station was named in the reports as the place where the complaint was lodged. Police have not, in the material publicly available so far, detailed the exact charges in the case or released a full statement setting out the specific posts under investigation. (news18.com) ### Why is the Kapur family already in the news? Sunjay Kapur, a businessman linked to the Sona group, died in London in June 2025, according to multiple reports. His death was followed by public claims and counterclaims within the family over trusts, succession and control of assets. The estate at the center of the dispute has been widely reported by Indian outlets as being worth about 30,000 crore rupees. (theprint.in) Justice J.B. Pardiwala of India’s Supreme Court this week made a pointed remark while hearing a fresh plea in the family dispute, saying the “Mahabharat will look very small,” according to several reports. Those reports said the court was hearing matters involving Rani Kapur, Sunjay Kapur’s mother, and Priya Sachdev Kapur and others in connection with the RK Family Trust. (ndtv.com) ### What is known about Sunjay Kapur’s death itself? August 2025 reporting on the UK proceedings said a Surrey coroner concluded Sunjay Kapur died of natural causes. The same reports said police in Britain treated the death as non-suspicious. Those findings came after public allegations from his mother, Rani Kapur, who had sought a deeper probe. (news18.com) Those earlier findings matter because the Delhi arrest concerns posts made after the death, not a new official finding about how Kapur died. The publicly available reports on Singh’s arrest describe the case as one tied to social media content directed at the family. (news18.com) ### What is still unclear in the Delhi case? Police said the investigation is continuing, but the public record remains thin on several points. Reports available on May 14 do not set out the exact penal sections invoked, whether Singh has been produced before a magistrate, or whether she or her lawyers have issued a detailed public response. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) The missing details matter because the case sits at the intersection of a family dispute already being litigated in court and speech posted on a public platform. For now, the verified facts are narrower: a complaint was filed on behalf of the Kapur family, Delhi Police made an arrest on May 13, and officers say the investigation is still in progress. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) ### What happens next, and where will readers see developments first? Delhi Police said further investigation is underway in the complaint filed at Vasant Kunj police station. Any immediate next procedural step in the criminal case is likely to emerge from Delhi police filings or a court appearance by Singh, if one is scheduled. (ndtv.com) The Supreme Court proceedings involving the Kapur family are also continuing. Reports this week said one fresh plea sought relief connected to a board meeting scheduled for May 18, giving the family dispute a near-term date that could generate the next round of public developments. (moneycontrol.com) (ndtv.com)