Actor Deep Sidhu arrested for instigating violence during Republic Day farmers’ protests

Actor-activist Deep Sidhu, accused in the violence at the Red Fort complex in Delhi on Republic Day during a farmers’ tractor rally has been arrested, the police said today.

The police had announced a ₹ 1 lakh reward for leads on Deep Sidhu and three other accused.

Deep Sidhu has been accused of fueling chaos and clashes when a tractor rally by farmers protesting the centre’s three agricultural laws went rogue and protesters broke off the agreed route and schedule, forced their way inside Red Fort, climbed the ramparts and placed a Sikh religious flag.