Deep Sidhu
Jan 26 Republic Day violence: Delhi Police arrest Deep Sidhu
New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested actor-activist Deep Sidhu whose role came under the scanner for allegedly provoking an escalation of violence during the Republic Day farmers' tractor rally in the national capital last month.
The actor has been accused of instigating a group of farmers to storm the Red Fort on Republic Day and has been named in an FIR by Delhi Police.
Delhi Police had earlier announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for any information that could help arrest Deep Sidhu and three others over the violence at the Red Fort on Republic Day, reports India Today.
The actor-activist, once known to be close to Bollywood star-turned-BJP MP Sunny Deol, was seen at the iconic Red Fort, which became the epicenter of the clashes between the farmers and the Delhi police.
Farmers' organisations facing the heat have accused him of planting the "Nishan Sahib" or Sikh religious flag at the Red Fort, an act that has provoked outrage, especially on social media and considered to have been an insult to tri-colour.
Images of protesters armed with sticks occupying the 400-year-old Mughal monument on Jan 26 had drawn flak even from those who had backed the farmers' movement against the Centre's three contentious laws.
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