Updated Feb 09, 2021 | 13:41 IST
During questioning by the Delhi Police, Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu has denied any links with radical elements but sources said he appears to believe in the hardline ideology. Actor Deep Sidhu | Courtesy: Delhi Police
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Tuesday announced that they have arrested Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu over his alleged role in the Republic Day violence in Delhi during the January 26 farmers’ tractor rally. Sidhu was wanted by the police for the violence witnessed at the Red Fort.
Sidhu was nabbed by a team of Delhi Police s Special Cell from Zirakpur area between Chandigarh and Ambala. The Delhi Police had earlier announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to the actor’s arrest.
The police had announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information about Sidhu, who was accused of inciting protesting farmers to digress from rally routes
Farmers Protest: Actor Deep Sidhu has been named in the FIR in the Red Fort violence case.
New Delhi: Delhi Police s probe into the unprecedented violence during a tractor rally by farmers on Republic day is now focused on finding those involved in planting a Sikh religious flag at the Mughal-era Red Fort. Tuesday s tractor rally went rogue as protesters forced their way inside the fort complex and placed a flag. Several teams of Delhi Police s special cell or anti-terror unit are scanning through footage of violence at the iconic fort complex to identify those who hoisted the flag there. Actor-activist Deep Sidhu, whom farmers have accused of being responsible for the unprecedented violence during the Republic Day tractor rally, has been named in a case filed by the Delhi Police, sources told NDTV. A handful of farmer leaders have also been named in the 25-plus cases filed by the police since Tuesday evening. The cases will be probed by a special invest